IC 284

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Galaxy
IC 284
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IC 284 with PGC 11646 [1]
IC 284 with PGC 11646
AladinLite
Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 06 m 09.9 s
declination + 42 ° 22 ′ 19 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAdm  
Brightness  (visual) 12.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.6 mag
Angular expansion 3.8 ′ × 1.2 ′
Position angle 13 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 1186 group
LGG 82  
Redshift 0.009083 ± 0.000020  
Radial velocity 2723 ± 6 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(127 ± 9)  ·  10 6  ly
(38.8 ± 2.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date October 27, 1888
Catalog names
IC  284 • UGC  2531 • PGC  11643 • CGCG  540-037 • MCG  + 07-07-023 • IRAS  03029 + 4211 • 2MASX  J03060989 + 4222189 • LDCE 224 NED110

IC 284 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SD in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 127 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 1171 and NGC 1186 , it forms the NGC 1186 group .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1174 , NGC 1175 , NGC 1177 , IC 288 .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 27, 1888 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 284
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. Seligman