IC 236
| Galaxy IC 236 |
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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 32 m 55.8 s |
| declination | -00 ° 07 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 16.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.8 likes |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.054428 +/- 0.000106 |
| Radial velocity | 16,317 +/- 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(730 ± 51) · 10 6 Lj (223.7 ± 15.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 9, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 236 • PGC 1151183 • 2MASX J02325583-0007527 • GALEX MSC J023255.71-000754.7 • LEDA 1151183 | |
IC 236 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 730 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 234 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 9, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0236” overwrites the previously used key “IC0236”.