IC 2151
| Galaxy IC 2151 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 52 m 36.4 s |
| declination | -17 ° 47 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ':) SB (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 99 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010377 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 3111 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(132 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (40.5 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Herbert A. Howe |
| Discovery date | January 22, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2151 • PGC 18040 • ESO 555-008 • MCG -03-15-024 • IRAS 05504-1747 • 2MASX J05523642-1747144 • SGC 055024-1747.9 • NVSS J055236-174708 | |
IC 2151 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Rabbit in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 132 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly. Together with IC 438 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The type Ic supernova SN 2009mi was observed here.
The object was discovered on January 22nd, 1900 by Herbert Alonzo Howe .