IC 211
| Galaxy IC 211 |
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| SDSS image from IC 211 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 11 m 08.0 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 51 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.30 'x 1.8' |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010861 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 3256 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(147 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (45.2 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 5, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 211 • UGC 1678 • PGC 8360 • CGCG 413-057 • MCG + 01-06-053 • IRAS 02085 + 0337 • KUG 0208 + 036 • 2MASX J02110799 + 0351089 • NVSS J021107 + 035105 | |
IC 211 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SAB (s) cd in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . which is an estimated 135 million light years away from the Milky Way . It is an estimated 147 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly. Together with NGC 851 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 5, 1893 .