IC 237

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Galaxy
IC 237
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : IC 237
  3. Seligman