IC 449
| Galaxy IC 449 |
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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 45 m 41.1 s |
| declination | + 71 ° 20 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 69 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011785 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 3533 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(163 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (50.1 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 6, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 449 • UGC 3515 • PGC 19554 • CGCG 330-012 • MCG + 12-07-014 • 2MASX J06454107 + 7120378 • GALEX ASC J064541.29 + 712035.8 | |
IC 449 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E2 in the constellation Giraffe at the northern sky . It is around 163 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 light years.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 6, 1888 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0449” overwrites the previously used key “IC0449”.