IC 253
Galaxy IC 253 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 02 h 42 m 05.7 s |
declination | -15 ° 02 ′ 49 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E? |
Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
Position angle | 155 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.024444 +/- 0.000077 |
Radial velocity | 7328 +/- 23 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(326 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.9 ± 7.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stephane Javelle |
Discovery date | December 5, 1891 |
Catalog names | |
IC 253 • PGC 10226 • MCG -03-07-058 • 2MASX J02420573-1502489 • LEDA 10226 • LDCE 198 NED004 |
IC 253 is a galaxy in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 326 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1065 , NGC 1076 , IC 251 , IC 254 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 5, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0253” overwrites the previously used key “IC0253”.