IC 25
| Galaxy IC 25 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 31 m 12.1 s |
| declination | -00 ° 24 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 39 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019436 ± 0.000005 |
| Radial velocity | 5827 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(265 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.1 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| diameter | 55,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | August 27, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 25 • PGC 1905 • CGCG 383-033 • MCG + 00-02-064 • IRAS 286-0040 • KUG 0028-006 • 2MASX J00311206-0024262 • GALEX ASC J003112.04-002426.0 | |
IC 25 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 265 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 15 and IC 21 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on August 27, 1892 .