IC 247
| Galaxy IC 247 |
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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 08.8 s |
| declination | -11 ° 44 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028106 +/- 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 8426 +/- 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(375 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (115.1 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 2, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 247 • PGC 10100 • MCG -02-07-052 • IRAS F02377-1156 • 2MASX J02400879-1144017 • LEDA 10100 | |
IC 247 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Cetus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 375 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1006 , NGC 1013 , NGC 1017 , NGC 1045 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 2, 1892 .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0247" overwrites the previously used key "IC0247".