IC 480
| Galaxy IC 480 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Twins |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 55 m 23.2 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 44 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015208 ± 0.000008 |
| Radial velocity | (4559 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(201 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (61.7 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 480 • UGC 4096 • PGC 22188 • CGCG 148-062 • IRAS 07523 + 2652 • 2MASX J07552302 + 2644459 • | |
IC 480 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 201 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 478 and IC 479 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 18, 1892 .