IC 214
| Galaxy IC 214 |
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| SDSS image from IC 214 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 14 m 05.6 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 10 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | I? / LIRG |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 42 |
| Redshift | 0.030224 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 9061 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(407 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (124.7 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 29, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 214 • UGC 1720 • PGC 8562 • CGCG 413-064 • MCG + 01-06-57 • IRAS 02114 + 0456 • 2MASX J02052662 + 3110312 • Mrk 1027 • | |
IC 214 is an irregular galaxy of the Hubble type Irr pec or an interacting galaxy pair in the constellation Whale in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 407 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 29, 1893 .