IC 206
| Galaxy IC 206 |
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| SDSS image from IC 206 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 09 m 30.7 s |
| declination | -06 ° 58 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 138 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016158 +/- 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 4844 +/- 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(217 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.5 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 26, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 206 • PGC 8238 • MCG -01-06-053 • KUG 0207-072 • 2MASX J02093067-0658061 • GALEX ASC J020930.81-065806.3 • LEDA 8238 | |
IC 206 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is around 217 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 830 , NGC 842 , IC 207 , IC 209 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 26, 1892 .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0206" overwrites the previously used key "IC0206".