IC 260
| Galaxy IC 260 |
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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 51 m 00.9 s |
| declination | + 46 ° 57 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028907 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 8666 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(393 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (120.5 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 6, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 260 • UGC 2325 • PGC 10737 • CGCG 554-011 • MCG + 08-06-014 • 2MASX J02510087 + 4657175 • LDCE 0201 NED021 | |
IC 260 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 393 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on September 6, 1888 .