IC 227
| Galaxy IC 227 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 28 m 03.6 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 10 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034330 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 10292 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(464 ± 33) · 10 6 Lj (142.3 ± 10.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Rudolf Spitaler |
| Discovery date | December 24, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 227 • UGC 1932 • PGC 9383 • CGCG 504-087 • MCG + 05-06-048 • 2MASX J02280361 + 2810312 • LEDA 9383 • LDCE 163 NED024 | |
IC 227 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E4 in the constellation Triangulum at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 464 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 175,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 226 .
The object was discovered by Rudolf Spitaler on December 24, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0227” overwrites the previously used key “IC0227”.