IC 241
| Galaxy IC 241 |
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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 37 m 54.5 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 19 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 x 0.7 |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023169 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 6946 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(311 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.4 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | November 19, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 241 • UGC 2115 • PGC 9969 • MCG + 00-07-058 • 2MASX J02375452 + 0219410 • GALEX ASC J023754.47 + 021940.1 • LDCE 179 NED010 | |
IC 241 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated at 311 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1007 , NGC 1009 , NGC 1016 , NGC 1020 , among others .
The object was discovered on November 19, 1886 by Guillaume Bigourdan .