IC 287
| Galaxy IC 287 |
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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 57.8 s |
| declination | -12 ° 04 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012695 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 3806 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(168 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.6 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 287 • PGC 170040 • 2MASX J03045782-1204137 • GALEX ASC J030457.82-120414.9 • LDCE 219 NED005 | |
IC 287 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 168 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1196 , NGC 1200 , NGC 1204 , IC 285 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 7, 1893 .