IC 220
| Galaxy IC 220 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 19 m 11.7 s |
| declination | -12 ° 46 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019567 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 5866 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(262 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.2 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 2, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 220 • PGC 8847 • MCG -02-06-057 • IRAS 02167-1300 • 2MASX J02191172-1246536 • GALEX ASC J021911.75-124653.7 | |
IC 220 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 262 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on January 2, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0220” overwrites the previously used key “IC0220”.