IC 263
| Galaxy IC 263 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 49 m 39.9 s |
| declination | -00 ° 04 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / Seyfert 2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028331 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 8493 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(380 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (116.4 ± 8.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 9, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 263 • PGC 10716 • CGCG 389-027 • IRAS 02471-0016 • 2MASX J02494000-0004110 • GALEX ASC J024940.00-000412.0 • LDCE 196 NED003 | |
IC 263 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 380 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1094 , NGC 1104 , IC 264 , IC 1856 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 9, 1891 .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0263" overwrites the previously used key "IC0263".