IC 234
| Galaxy IC 234 |
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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 31 m 37.7 s |
| declination | -00 ° 08 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Compact / HII / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020411 ± 0.000008 |
| Radial velocity | 6119 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(274 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (84.0 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 9, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 234 • PGC 9613 • CGCG 388-034 • IRAS 02290-0021 • KUG 0229-003 • 2MASX J02313771-0008237 • Mrk 1045 • | |
IC 234 is a compact galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 274 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 236 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 9, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0234” overwrites the previously used key “IC0234”.