IC 218
Galaxy IC 218 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 02 h 17 m 07.3 s |
declination | + 01 ° 16 ′ 57 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sbc |
Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
Position angle | 77 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.021630 ± 0.000183 |
Radial velocity | 6485 ± 55 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(291 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (89.2 ± 6.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | December 26, 1893 |
Catalog names | |
IC 218 • PGC 8716 • MCG + 00-06-61 • 2MASX J02170726 + 0116570 • |
IC 218 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc? in the constellation whale in the southern sky . It is an estimated 291 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly. Together with NGC 867 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 26, 1893 .