IC 250

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Galaxy
IC 250
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Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 40 m 54.3 s
declination -13 ° 18 ′ 49 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SBab  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 126 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.034764 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 10422 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(464 ± 33)  ·  10 6  ly
(142.4 ± 10)  Mpc 
diameter 115,000 ly
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date October 13, 1891
Catalog names
IC  250 • PGC  10162 • MCG  -2-7-64 • 2MASX  J02405425-1318486 •

IC 250 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBab? in the constellation whale in the southern sky . It is about 464 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter .

The object was discovered on October 13, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 250
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 0250" overwrites the previously used key "IC0250".