IC 451
| Galaxy IC 451 |
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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 52.0 s |
| declination | + 74 ° 28 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) b: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017088 ± 0.000177 |
| Radial velocity | 5123 ± 53 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(235 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (72.0 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William F. Denning |
| Discovery date | 1890 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 451 • UGC 3550 • PGC 19775 • CGCG 330-018 • MCG + 12-07-019 • 2MASX J06525198 + 7428506 • | |
| GALEX ASC J065252.04 + 742853.3 • LDCE 459 NED010 | |
IC 451 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Giraffe at the northern sky . It is around 235 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 light years.
The galaxy IC 450 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by William Frederick Denning in 1890 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0451” overwrites the previously used key “IC0451”.