IC 258
| Galaxy IC 258 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 49 m 46.1 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 03 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020374 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 6108 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(278 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.3 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Sherbourne Wesley Burnham |
| Discovery date | September 3, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 258 • UGC 2306 • PGC 10730 • CGCG 539-107 • IRAS 02465 + 4050 • 2MASX J02494600 + 4103062 • NVSS J024945 + 410307 • LDCE 224 NED069 | |
IC 258 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 278 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years across. Together with IC 259 , it forms the pair of galaxies KPG 79 .
The galaxies NGC 1086 and NGC 1106 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on September 3, 1891 by the American astronomer Sherburne Wesley Burnham .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0258” overwrites the previously used key “IC0258”.