IC 224
| Galaxy IC 224 |
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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 24 m 45.1 s |
| declination | -12 ° 33 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 132 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013936 +/- 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 4178 +/- 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(186 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (57.0 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | October 13, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 224 • PGC 9148 • MCG -02-07-005 • 2MASX J02244515-1233521 • LEDA 9148 | |
IC 224 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 186 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 25,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 929 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on October 13, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0224” overwrites the previously used key “IC0224”.