IC 207
| Galaxy IC 207 |
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| SDSS image of IC 207 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 09 m 39.3 s |
| declination | -06 ° 55 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 + / pec / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 99 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016251 +/- 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 4872 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(218 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (66.9 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 26, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 207 • PGC 8251 • MCG -01-06-054 • IRAS 02071-0709 • 2MASX J02093935-0655196 • LEDA 8251 • LDCE 154 NED001 | |
IC 207 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is around 218 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 140,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 830 , NGC 842 , IC 206 , IC 209 .
The Supernova candidate PS 15bxc is observed here.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 26, 1892 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0207” overwrites the previously used key “IC0207”.