IC 248
| Galaxy IC 248 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 41 m 25.8 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 48 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029540 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 8856 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(399 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (122.2 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Sherburne Wesley Burnham |
| Discovery date | September 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 248 • UGC 2170 • PGC 10197 • CGCG 462-043 • MCG + 03-07-044 • IRAS 02386 + 1735 • 2MASX J02412581 + 1748438 • GALEX ASC J024125.84 + 174844.8 • USGC U140 NED03 | |
IC 248 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sa in the constellation ram on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 399 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1030 and NGC 1054 , among others .
The object was discovered in September 1891 by the American astronomer Sherburne Wesley Burnham .
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