IC 29
| Galaxy IC 29 |
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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 | 00 h 34 m 10.8 s |
| declination | -02 ° 10 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.057970 +/- 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 17379 +/- 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(780 ± 55) · 10 6 ly (239.2 ± 16.8) Mpc |
| diameter | 120,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 6, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 29 • PGC 2042 • CGCG 383-036 • MCG + 00-02-72 • 2MASX J00341079-0210394 • | |
IC 29 is a compact Galaxy from the Hubble type C in the constellation whale at the southern sky. It is about 780 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered on November 6, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .