IC 285
| Galaxy IC 285 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 04 m 06.2 s |
| declination | -12 ° 00 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 x 0.2 |
| Position angle | 117 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010891 ± 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 3265 ± 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(144 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.2 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 285 • PGC 11557 • MCG -02-08-044 • 2MASX J03040620-1200556 • GALEX ASC J030406.46-120056.7 • USGC S110 NED06 | |
IC 285 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 144 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1195 , NGC 1196 , NGC 1200 , IC 287 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 7, 1893 .