IC 88
| Galaxy IC 88 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 14 m 31.3 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 47 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / Sy1 / BLAGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.065335 +/- 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 19,587 +/- 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(878 ± 62) · 10 6 Lj (269.3 ± 18.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | December 12, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 88 • 2MASX J01143129 + 0047306 • GALEX ASC J011431.31 + 004730.9 • LEDA 1175571 | |
IC 88 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 878 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 NGC 428 and IC 87 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 12, 1893 .
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Attention: The sort key “IC 0088” overwrites the previously used key “IC0088”.