IC 230
| Galaxy IC 230 |
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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 28 m 47.3 s |
| declination | -10 ° 49 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016528 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 4955 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(221 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (67.7 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Sherburne Wesley Burnham |
| Discovery date | October 8, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 230 • PGC 9436 • MCG -02-07-016 • 2MASX J02284729-1049531 • GALEX ASC J022847.27-104952.9 | |
IC 230 is a dwarf galaxy in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 221 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 942 , NGC 943 , NGC 945 , NGC 950 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Sherburne Wesley Burnham on October 8, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0230” overwrites the previously used key “IC0230”.