IC 212
| Galaxy IC 212 |
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| SDSS image from IC 212 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 13 m 38.2 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 35 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.036999 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 11.092 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(499 ± 35) · 10 6 Lj (153.0 ± 10.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 29, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 212 • PGC 8527 • CGCG 461-062 • IRAS 02108 + 1621 • 2MASX J02133792 + 1635391 • GALEX ASC J021338.25 + 163539.6 | |
IC 212 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Aries north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 500 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 130,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there is a. a. the galaxy IC 213 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 29, 1893 .
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Individual evidence
Attention: The sort key “IC 0212” overwrites the previously used key “IC0212”.