IC 216
| Galaxy IC 216 |
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| SDSS image from IC 216 (r.) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 15 m 55.5 s |
| declination | -02 ° 00 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009977 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 2991 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(135 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (41.3 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | 4th December 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 216 • PGC 8650 • CGCG 387-061 • 2MASX J02155550-0200546 • GALEX ASC J021555.46-020054.2 • | |
IC 216 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 135 million light years from the Milky Way and about 10,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 4, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0216” overwrites the previously used key “IC0216”.