IC 245
| Galaxy IC 245 |
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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 38 m 54.6 s |
| declination | -14 ° 18 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 21 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015204 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 4558 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(202 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.0 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 2, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 245 • PGC 10032 • MCG -03-07-046 • IRAS 02365-1431 • 2MASX J02385464-1418200 • NVSS J023854-141821 | |
IC 245 is a galaxy of Hubble type in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 202 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 251 and IC 252 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 2, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0245" overwrites the previously used key "IC0245".