IC 308
| Galaxy IC 308 |
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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 16 m 15.8 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 10 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 'x 1.2' |
| Surface brightness | 14.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 426 |
| Redshift | 0.020988 ± 0.000237 |
| Radial velocity | 6292 ± 71 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(286 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.6 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 11, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 308 • UGC 02619 • PGC 12152 • 2MASX J03161580 + 4110507 • 2MASS J03161584 + 4110505 • LDCE 224 NED151 • NSA 133269 | |
IC 308 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 286 million light years from the Milky Way , about 100,000 light years in diameter, and is considered a member of the Perseus Cluster Abell 426 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1250 , NGC 1259 , NGC 1260 , IC 310 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 11, 1888 .