IC 215
| Galaxy IC 215 |
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| SDSS image from IC 215 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 14 m 09.4 s |
| declination | -06 ° 48 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 81 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007162 +/- 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 2147 +/- 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(96 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (29.5 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 28, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 215 • PGC 8566 • MCG -01-06-076 • IRAS 02116-0702 • KUG 0211-070B • 2MASX J02140946-0648228 • GALEX ASC J021409.50-064821.8 • LEDA 8566 | |
IC 215 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 96 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 28, 1892 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0215” overwrites the previously used key “IC0215”.