IC 239
| Galaxy IC 239 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 36 m 27.9 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 58 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) cd / LINER 2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 4.6 ′ × 4.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 1023 group LGG 70 |
| Redshift | 0.003012 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (903 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(46 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.0 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Isaac Roberts |
| Discovery date | 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 239 • UGC 2080 • PGC 9899 • CGCG 523-071 • MCG + 06-06-065 • IRAS 02333 + 3845 • 2MASX J02362783 + 3858085 • LDCE 160 NED011 | |
IC 239 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 46 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 ly in diameter. The galaxy is considered a member of the NGC 1023 group.
The object was discovered by Isaac Roberts in 1893 .
Web links
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