IC 232
| Galaxy IC 232 |
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| SDSS recording from IC 232 & PGC 24614 (u) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 31 m 11.620 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 15 ′ 56.30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021335 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 6396 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(287 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.9 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 15, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 232 • UGC 01994 • PGC 009588 • CGCG 388-030 • MCG + 00-07-028 • 2MASX J02311162 + 0115565 • GALEX ASC J023111.74 + 011555.7 • LDCE 179 NED002 | |
IC 232 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 287 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 231 and IC 237 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 15, 1887 .