IC 445
| Galaxy IC 445 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | giraffe |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 37 m 21.2 s |
| declination | + 67 ° 51 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 'x 0.9' |
| Position angle | 7 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017592 ± 0.000137 |
| Radial velocity | 5274 ± 41 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(241 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.8 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 6, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 445 • UGC 3497 • PGC 19328 • CGCG 308-033 • MCG + 11-09-001 • 2MASX J06372127 + 6751353 • 2MASS J06372125 + 6751356 • KPG 114A | |
IC 445 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0: in the constellation Giraffe in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 241 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across. Together with PGC 19335 , it forms the isolated galaxy pair KPG 114 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 6, 1888 .