IC 304
| Galaxy IC 304 |
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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 15 m 01.4 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 52 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 × 0.7 |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 89 |
| Redshift | 0.016471 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 4938 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(225 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (68.9 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Sherbourne W. Burnham |
| Discovery date | September 12, 1890 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 304 • UGC 2609 • PGC 12080 • CGCG 525-010 • MCG + 06-08-005 • IRAS 03118 + 3741 • 2MASX J03150136 + 3752544 • LDCE 242 NED002 | |
IC 304 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SB in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 225 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 305 , IC 1900 , IC 1901 , IC 1902 .
The object was discovered on September 12, 1890 by Sherburne Wesley Burnham .