IC 238
| Galaxy IC 238 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 35 m 22.68 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 50 ′ 15.8 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.020041 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 6008 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(271 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (83.0 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 12, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 238 • UGC 2070 • PGC 9835 • CGCG 439-018 • MCG + 02-07-016 • 2MASX J02352268 + 1250156 • 2MIG 302 • EIG 1a-04 • GALEX ASC J023522.74 + 125014.8 • WISEA J023522.67 + 125016.0 | |
IC 238 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 271 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on October 12, 1887 .