IC 441
| Galaxy IC 441 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 02 m 42.6 s |
| declination | -12 ° 29 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 'x 1.2' |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007377 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 2212 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(92 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (28.3 ± 2.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | February 11, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 441 • PGC 18315 • MCG -02-16-001 • 2MASX J06024268-1229575 • GALEX ASC J060242.66-122957.9 • HIPASS J0602-12 | |
IC 441 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SbC in the constellation Rabbit in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 92 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years across.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 11, 1893 .