IC 237
| Galaxy IC 237 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 33 m 31.6 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 08 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 '× 0.5' |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020938 ± 0.000064 |
| Radial velocity | 6277 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(281 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.2 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 29, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 237 • PGC 9742 • CGCG 388-050 • MCG + 00-07-042 • 2MASX J02333157 + 0108236 • | |
IC 237 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 281 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 231 and IC 232 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 29, 1893 .