IC 225
| Galaxy IC 225 |
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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 26 m 28.3 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 09 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005120 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 1535 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(69 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.3 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 29, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 225 • UGC 1907 • PGC 9283 • CGCG 388-016 • MCG + 00-07-013 • KUG 0223 + 009 • 2MASX J02262825 + 0109374 • Mrk 1038 • GALEX ASC J022628.28 + 010937.7 | |
IC 225 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 69 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy IC 231 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 29, 1893 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0225” overwrites the previously used key “IC0225”.