IC 271
| Galaxy IC 271 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 55 m 59.45 s |
| declination | -12 ° 00 ′ 28.3 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005360 ± 0.000038 |
| Radial velocity | 1607 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.5 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 14, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 271 • PGC 11078 • MCG -02-08-029 • GALEX ASC J025559.44-120028.4 • HIPASS J0256-11 • USGC S104 NED02 • WISEA J025559.40-120028.8 | |
IC 271 is a faint spiral dwarf galaxy in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 70 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years across.
The galaxy NGC 1162 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 14, 1892 .