IC 311
| Galaxy IC 311 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 16 m 46.7 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 00 ′ 13.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 113 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 426 |
| Redshift | 0.014200 ± 0.000300 |
| Radial velocity | 4257 ± 90 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(195 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.7 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 10, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 311 • UGC 2625 • PGC 12177 • CGCG 540-076 • 2MASX J03164671 + 4000132 • NVSS J031646 + 400011 • LDCE 224 NED157 | |
IC 311 is a low luminosity galaxy from the Hubble type S? in the constellation Perseus in the north star sky . It is an estimated 195 million light years from the Milky Way , about 50,000 light years in diameter, and is considered a member of the Perseus Cluster Abell 426 .
The galaxies IC 308 and IC 309 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object on October 10, 1888 by Lewis Swift discovered.