IC 259
| Galaxy IC 259 |
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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 40.9 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 03 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018309 ± 0.000104 |
| Radial velocity | 5489 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(250 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.8 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Sherburne Wesley Burnham |
| Discovery date | September 3, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 259 • PGC 10721 • CGCG 539-106 • 2MASX J02494087 + 4103182 • GALEX ASC J024940.73 + 410320.1 • LDCE 224 NED068 • KPG 79A | |
IC 259 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 250 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across. Together with IC 258 , 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 Sherburne Wesley Burnham .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0259” overwrites the previously used key “IC0259”.