IC 302
| Galaxy IC 302 |
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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 | 03 h 12 m 51.3 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 42 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 21 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.019694 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 5904 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(264 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (80.9 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 15, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 302 • UGC 2595 • PGC 11972 • CGCG 416-004 • MCG + 01-09-002 • IRAS 03102 + 0431 • 2MASX J03125128 + 0442251 • NVSS J031252 + 044223 • KIG 123 | |
IC 302 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 264 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter.
The Type Ic supernova SN 2000F was observed here.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 15, 1892 .