IC 306
| Galaxy IC 306 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 13 m 00.2 s |
| declination | -11 ° 42 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBc |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.3 |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030474 +/- 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 9136 +/- 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(406 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (124.5 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | February 7, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 306 • PGC 11985 • MCG -02-09-015 • IRAS F03106-1154 • 2MASX J03130021-1142562 • 2MASS J03130020-1142566 • NVSS J031258-114305 | |
IC 306 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 406 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there is a. a. the galaxy IC 303 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 7, 1893 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0306” overwrites the previously used key “IC0306”.