IC 266
| Galaxy IC 266 |
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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 55 m 04.8 s |
| declination | + 42 ° 15 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017425 ± 0.000076 |
| Radial velocity | 5224 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(238 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (73.1 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 266 • PGC 11002 • CGCG 539-130 • 540-012 • MCG 07-07-010 • 2MASX J02550488 + 4215438 • LDCE 224 NED087 | |
IC 266 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 238 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1122 , NGC 1129 , NGC 1130 , IC 265 , among others .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 3, 1888 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0266” overwrites the previously used key “IC0266”.