IC 301
| Galaxy IC 301 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 14 m 47.7 s |
| declination | + 42 ° 13 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 426 |
| Redshift | 0.016305 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 4888 ± 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(223 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (68.4 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | October 13, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 301 • UGC 2606 • PGC 12074 • CGCG 540-063 • MCG + 07-07-036 • 2MASX J03144769 + 4213212 • NSA 68681 • LDCE 224 NED142 | |
IC 301 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 223 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across. The galaxy is considered a member of the Perseus Cluster Abell 426 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1250 , NGC 1265 , IC 300 , IC 312 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on October 13, 1891 .