IC 481
| Galaxy IC 481 |
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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 59 m 02.8 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 09 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016014 ± 0.000012 |
| Radial velocity | (4801 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(211 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (64.8 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 2, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 481 • UGC 4130 • PGC 22374 • CGCG 118-031 • MCG + 04-19-013 • IRAS F07559 + 2417 • 2MASX J07590282 + 2409378 • GALEX ASC J075902.80 + 240938.1 • LDCE 547 NED004 | |
IC 481 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 211 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2480 , NGC 2481 , NGC 2498 , IC 2218 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 2, 1892 .