IC 27
| Galaxy IC 27 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 33 m 06.2 s |
| declination | -13 ° 22 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023456 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 7032 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(316 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (97.0 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| diameter | 55,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 4, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 27 • PGC 143572 • 2MASX J00330625-1322173 • | |
IC 27 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation whale in the southern sky . It is around 316 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 55,000 light years .
Other objects in visual proximity are IC 28 and PGC 143569 .
The object was discovered on November 4, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .