IC 244
| Galaxy IC 244 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 39 m 24.7 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 43 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022552 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 6761 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(303 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (92.9 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 11, 1894 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 244 • PGC 10061 • CGCG 388-088 • MCG + 00-07-074 • KUG 0236 + 025 • 2MASX J02392473 + 0243436 • 2MASS J02392472 + 0243437 • USGC U141 NED03 | |
IC 244 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 303 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 1009 , NGC 1020 , NGC 1021 , IC 246 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 11, 1894 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0244" overwrites the previously used key "IC0244".