IC 293
| Galaxy IC 293 / IC 1888 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 10 m 56.1 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 08 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 87 |
| Redshift | 0.015724 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 4714 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(215 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (66.0 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 11, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 293 • 1888 • PGC 11873 • CGCG 540-053 • MCG + 07-07-031 • 2MASX J03105615 + 4108135 • LDCE 224 NED127 | |
IC 293 = IC 1888 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 215 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 1212 , NGC 1224 , IC 290 , IC 292 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 11, 1888 .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0293" overwrites the previously used key "IC0293".