IC 450
| Galaxy IC 450 |
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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 52 m 12.2 s |
| declination | + 74 ° 25 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0 +: / Sy1.5 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018813 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5640 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(258 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (79.0 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William F. Denning |
| Discovery date | 1890 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 450 • UGC 3547 • PGC 19756 • CGCG 330-017 • MCG + 12-07-018 • IRAS 06457 + 7429 • KUG 0645 + 744 • 2MASX J06521236 + 7425372 • Mrk 6 • GALEX ASC J065212.11 + 742537.7 • LDCE 459 NED009 | |
IC 450 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Giraffe in the northern sky . It is around 258 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 light years.
The galaxy IC 451 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by William Frederick Denning in 1890 .