IC 98
| Galaxy IC 98 |
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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 20 m 54.9 s |
| declination | -12 ° 36 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.053190 +/- 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | 15,946 (± 40) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(714 ± 50) · 10 6 Lj (218.8 ± 15.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 98 • PGC 4869 • MCG -02-04-027 • 2MASX J01205488-1236162 • LEDA 4869 | |
IC 98 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 715 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 145,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 95 , IC 99 , IC 108 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 3, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0098" overwrites the previously used key "IC0098".