IC 264
| Galaxy IC 264 |
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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 48 m 47.6 s |
| declination | -00 ° 06 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024576 ± 0.000075 |
| Radial velocity | 368 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(329 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.0 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 9, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 264 • PGC 10644 • 2MASX J02484759-0006329 • Mrk 1401 • GALEX ASC J024847.63-000633.2 | |
IC 264 is an elliptical galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 329 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 35,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1090 , NGC 1094 , NGC 1104 , IC 263 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 9, 1891 .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0264" overwrites the previously used key "IC0264".