IC 246
| Galaxy IC 246 |
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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 40 m 28.6 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 28 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022175 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 6648 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(298 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (91.3 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 15, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 246 • PGC 10116 • CGCG 388-093 • MCG + 00-07-078 • 2MASX J02402858 + 0228433 • NVSS J024027 + 022835 • LDCE 179 NED015 | |
IC 246 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 298 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light-years across.
The galaxies NGC 1009 , NGC 1020 , NGC 1021 , IC 244 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 15, 1887 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0246” overwrites the previously used key “IC0246”.