IC 260
Galaxy IC 260 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Perseus |
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 |
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 .