IC 255
| Galaxy IC 255 |
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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 47 m 03.21 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 17 ′ 16.9 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025651 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7690 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(346 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (106.1 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 29, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 255 • PGC 10540 • CGCG 463-012 • MCG + 03-08-008 • 2MASX J02470319 + 1617167 • 2MASS J02470323 + 1617169 • WISEA J024703.24 + 161717.2 | |
IC 255 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 346 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1088 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 29, 1893 .