IC 272
| Galaxy IC 272 |
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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 56 m 06.44 s |
| declination | -14 ° 11 ′ 11.9 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 171 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028933 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 8674 ± 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(386 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (118.2 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 1, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 272 • PGC 11086 • MCG -02-08-030 • IRAS 02537-1423 • 2MASX J02560643-1411119 • GALEX ASC J025606.37-141113.5 • LDCE 0198 NED018 • NVSS J025606-141121 • WISEA J025606.43-141111.5 | |
IC 272 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is an estimated 386 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1158 , IC 268 , IC 269 , IC 270 .
The Type Ia supernova candidate NAME ATLAS 16cjv is observed here.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 1, 1891 .