IC 279
| Galaxy IC 279 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 01 m 12.2 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 12 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031502 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 9444 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(424 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (130.0 ± 9.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 29, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 279 • PGC 11401 • CGCG 463-045 • 2MASX J03011222 + 1612331 • GALEX ASC J030112.23 + 161234.2 • AGC 120856 | |
IC 279 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 424 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 29, 1893 .
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Attention: The sort key “IC 0279” overwrites the previously used key “IC0279”.