IC 283
| Galaxy IC 283 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 03 m 50.4 s |
| declination | -00 ° 12 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Spiral / NLAGN / Seyfert 2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027620 ± 0.000069 |
| Radial velocity | 8280 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(370 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (113.3 ± 7.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | 4th December 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 283 • PGC 11539 • CGCG 389-069 • MCG + 00-08-076 • 2MASX J03035045-0012159 • GALEX ASC J030350.48-001215.0 | |
IC 283 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is an estimated 370 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1194 and NGC 1211 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 4, 1891 .