IC 305
| Galaxy IC 305 |
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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 03.8 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 51 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017252 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 5172 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(235 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (72.2 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Sherburne W. Burnham |
| Discovery date | September 12, 1890 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 305 • PGC 12083 • CGCG 525-012 • MCG + 06-08-006 • 2MASX J03150381 + 3751364 • LDCE 242 NED003 | |
IC 305 is a compact elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 235 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1900 , IC 1901 , IC 1902 and IC 304 .
The object was discovered on September 12, 1890 by Sherburne Wesley Burnham .