Celestial Atlas
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Page last updated Apr 28, 2011
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IC 200 (= PGC 7967)
Discovered (Dec 1, 1866) by
Truman Safford (71)
A 13th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBbc) in Triangulum (RA 02 05 27, Dec +31 10 31)

Based on recessional velocity of 5275 km/sec, about 235 million light years away, the same as a redshift-independent distance estimate of 235 million light years. Given that and apparent size of 2.2 by 1.5 arcmin, about 150 thousand light years in diameter. (Note: HyperLeda incorrectly lists IC 200 as being PGC 8064. Wikisky follows this incorrect identification, so entering IC 200 in Wikisky brings up PGC 8064, which is not an NGC/IC object; enter PGC 7967 to see IC 200.)

Wikisky image of IC 200
Above, a 2.4 arcmin wide closeup of IC 200
Below, a 12 arcmin view of the region around the galaxy
Wikisky image of region near IC 200

PGC 8064
(Shown here because of HyperLeda/Wikisky's incorrect attribution as IC 200)
A 15th-(B)magnitude galaxy (type S pec?) in
Triangulum (RA 02 06 49, Dec +31 09 27)

Based on recessional velocity of 3845 km/sec, about 170 million light years away. Given that and apparent size of 0.6 by 0.5 arcmin, about 30 thousand light years in diameter.

Wikisky image of PGC 8064
Above, a 1 arcmin wide closeup of PGC 8064
Below, a 12 arcmin view of the region around the galaxy
Wikisky image of region near PGC 8064

IC 201 (= PGC 212916)
Discovered (Dec 5, 1893) by
Stephane Javelle (556)
A 16th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S?) in Cetus (RA 02 07 15, Dec +09 06 56)

Apparent size 0.6 by 0.6 arcmin; apparently nothing else available

Wikisky image of IC 201
Above, a 1 arcmin wide closeup of IC 201
Below, a 12 arcmin view of the region around the galaxy
Wikisky image of region near IC 201

IC 202 (= PGC 8101)
Discovered (Dec 5, 1893) by
Stephane Javelle (557)
A 14th-magnitude edge-on spiral galaxy (type Sb) in Cetus (RA 02 07 29, Dec +09 10 07)

Based on recessional velocity of 9120 km/sec, about 410 million light years away, in fair agreement with redshift-independent distance estimates of 340 to 355 Mpc. Given that and apparent size of 1.4 by 0.2 arcmin, about 160 thousand light years across.

Wikisky image of IC 202
Above, a 1.2 arcmin wide closeup of IC 202
Below, a 12 arcmin view of the region around the galaxy
Wikisky image of region near IC 202

IC 203 (= PGC 212915)
Discovered (Dec 5, 1893) by
Stephane Javelle (558)
A 16th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S?) in Cetus (RA 02 07 30, Dec +09 07 23)

Apparent size of 0.6 by 0.5 arcmin; apparently nothing else available

Wikisky image of IC 203
Above, a 1 arcmin wide closeup of IC 203
Below, a 12 arcmin view of the region around the galaxy
Wikisky image of region near IC 203

IC 204 (= PGC 8100)
Discovered (Oct 22, 1867) by
Truman Safford (98)
A 15th-magnitude galaxy (type ?) in Cetus (RA 02 07 27, Dec -01 25 47)

Based on recessional velocity of 11865 km/sec, about 530 million light years. Given that and apparent size of 0.5 by 0.5 arcmin, about 75 thousand light years across. (HyperLeda lists the galaxy as a spiral, type Sab; Steinicke lists it as an elliptical, type E3. The images are too poor to be sure which is correct.)

Wikisky image of IC 204
Above, a 1 arcmin wide closeup of IC 204
Below, a 12 arcmin view of the region around the galaxy
Wikisky image of region near IC 204

IC 205 (= PGC 8098)
Discovered (Dec 3, 1891) by
Stephane Javelle (76)
A 14th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBa?) in Cetus (RA 02 07 28, Dec -02 05 31)
Wikisky image of IC 205
Above, a 1.2 arcmin wide closeup of IC 205
Below, a 12 arcmin view of the region around the galaxy
Wikisky image of region near IC 205

IC 206 (= PGC 8238)
Discovered (Jan 26, 1892) by
Stephane Javelle (77)
A 14th-magnitude lenticular galaxy (type S0?) in Cetus (RA 02 09 31, Dec -06 58 08)
Wikisky image of IC 206
Above, a 1 arcmin wide closeup of IC 206
Below, a 12 arcmin view of the region around the galaxy
Wikisky image of region near IC 206

IC 207 (= PGC 8251)
Discovered (Jan 26, 1892) by
Stephane Javelle (78)
A 14th-magnitude lenticular galaxy (type S0/a?) in Cetus (RA 02 09 39, Dec -06 55 21)

IC 208 (= PGC 8167)
Discovered (Dec 3, 1888) by
Guillaume Bigourdan (134)
A 13th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sbc?) in Cetus (RA 02 08 28, Dec +06 23 41)

IC 209 (= PGC 8200)
Discovered (Jan 28, 1892) by
Stephane Javelle (79)
A 13th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sbc?) in Cetus (RA 02 08 59, Dec -07 03 33)

IC 210 (= PGC 8232)
Discovered (Oct 23, 1867) by
Aaron Skinner (101)
A 13th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sbc?) in Cetus (RA 02 09 28, Dec -09 40 47)

IC 211 (= PGC 8360)
Discovered (Dec 5, 1893) by
Stephane Javelle (559)
A 13th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sc?) in Cetus (RA 02 11 08, Dec +03 51 07)

IC 212 (= PGC 8527)
Discovered (Dec 29, 1893) by
Stephane Javelle (560)
A 15th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sc?) in Aries (RA 02 13 38, Dec +16 35 40)

IC 213 (= PGC 8556)
Discovered (Dec 29, 1893) by
Stephane Javelle (561)
A 14th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBb?) in Aries (RA 02 14 04, Dec +16 27 22)

IC 214 (= PGC 8562)
Discovered (Dec 29, 1893) by
Stephane Javelle (562)
A 14th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sd?) in Cetus (RA 02 14 06, Dec +05 10 34)

IC 215 (= PGC 8566)
Discovered (Jan 28, 1892) by
Stephane Javelle (80)
A 15th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sab?) in Cetus (RA 02 14 09, Dec -06 48 22)

IC 216 (= PGC 8650)
Discovered (Dec 4, 1891) by
Stephane Javelle (81)
A 14th-magnitude elliptical galaxy (type E3?) in Cetus (RA 02 15 55, Dec -02 00 53)

IC 217 (=
IC 1787 = PGC 8673)
Discovered (Dec 7, 1893) by Stephane Javelle (563) (and later recorded as IC 217)
"Discovered" (1896) by Lewis Swift (and later recorded as IC 1787)
A 14th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sc?) in Cetus (RA 02 16 11, Dec -11 55 32)

Corwin feels that the positions and descriptions by Javelle and Swift are sufficiently similar that either Swift or Dreyer should have realized that the two objects were the same, but neither did, so the galaxy has two IC numbers.


IC 218 (= PGC 8716)
Discovered (Dec 26, 1893) by
Stephane Javelle (564)
A 15th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sbc?) in Cetus (RA 02 17 07, Dec +01 16 57)

IC 219 (= PGC 8813)
Discovered (Nov 17, 1887) by
Frank Muller (67)
A 13th-magnitude elliptical galaxy (type E4?) in Cetus (RA 02 18 39, Dec -06 54 11)

IC 220 (= PGC 8847)
Discovered (Jan 2, 1892) by
Stephane Javelle (83)
A 15th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sbc?) in Cetus (RA 02 19 12, Dec -12 46 53)

IC 221 (= PGC 9035)
Discovered (Dec 24, 1891) by
Rudolf Spitaler (1)
A 13th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sc?) in Triangulum (RA 02 22 41, Dec +28 15 25)

IC 222 (= PGC 9036)
Discovered (Jan 11, 1894) by
Stephane Javelle (565)
A 15th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sc?) in Aries (RA 02 22 48, Dec +11 38 19)

IC 223 (= PGC 8998)
Discovered (Nov 19, 1887) by
Frank Muller (71)
A 13th-magnitude galaxy (type IBm?) in Cetus (RA 02 22 01, Dec -20 44 45)

IC 224 (= PGC 9148)
Discovered (Oct 13, 1891) by
Stephane Javelle (84)
A 14th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S?) in Cetus (RA 02 24 45, Dec -12 33 50)

IC 225 (= PGC 9283 and perhaps =
NGC 867)
Possibly observed (Dec 21, 1783) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 867)
Discovered (Dec 29, 1893) by Stephane Javelle (566) (and later listed as IC 225)
A 14th-magnitude elliptical galaxy (type E1?) in Cetus (RA 02 26 28.2, Dec +01 09 39)

See NGC 867 for a discussion of the possibility that it may be the same as IC 225


IC 226 (= PGC 9373)
Discovered (Dec 31, 1891) by
Rudolf Spitaler (2)
A 14th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S?) in Triangulum (RA 02 27 46, Dec +28 12 32)

IC 227 (= PGC 9383)
Discovered (Dec 24, 1891) by
Rudolf Spitaler (3)
A 15th-magnitude elliptical galaxy (type E4?) in Triangulum (RA 02 28 03, Dec +28 10 32)

IC 228 (=
NGC 944 = PGC 9300)
Discovered (Jan 1, 1886) by Francis Leavenworth (and later recorded as NGC 944)
Discovered (Dec 7, 1891) by Stephane Javelle (85) (and later recorded as IC 228)

Per Corwin, Leavenworth's position was nearly half a degree to the east of the correct value (a common problem with early measurements with the new Leander McCormick telescope), but his diagram and notes on the object make it clear that it was the same object that Javelle accurately measured.


IC 229
Recorded (1887) by
John Thomé (CD -24 1093)
A "lost" object in Fornax (RA 02 27 23, Dec -23 49 12)

Thomé's "discoveries" were made with a very small (only 5-inch aperture) telescope, and are mostly stellar objects mistaken for nebulae, or as in this case, nonexistent.


IC 230 (= PGC 9436)
Discovered (Oct 8, 1891) by
Edward Burnham
A 15th-magnitude elliptical galaxy (type E?) in Cetus (RA 02 28 47, Dec -10 49 54)

IC 231 (= PGC 9514)
Discovered (Dec 29, 1893) by
Stephane Javelle (567)
A 14th-magnitude lenticular galaxy (type S0?) in Cetus (RA 02 29 56, Dec +01 10 46)

IC 232 (= PGC 9588)
Discovered (Oct 15, 1887) by
Lewis Swift (VII-4)
A 13th-magnitude elliptical galaxy (type E5?) in Cetus (RA 02 31 12, Dec +01 15 58)

IC 233 (= PGC 9622)
Discovered (Jan 6, 1894) by
Stephane Javelle (568)
A 14th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sab) in Cetus (RA 02 31 41, Dec +02 48 38)

There are multiple misidentifications of this galaxy. HyperLeda identifies it as the fainter, southern galaxy of a pair, but it is actually the brighter, northern one (NED apparently made the same mistake at some time, but now shows the correct identification). Wikisky also identifies the fainter (wrong) one as IC 233, which is actually PGC 9610, and the brighter (correct) one as PGC 9622; but a Wikisky search for PGC 9622 shows a completely different galaxy, PGC 622 (this "dropping" of a leading number seems to be a common error in Wikisky searches). Based on recessional velocity of 8245 km/sec, about 370 million light years away. Given that and apparent size of 0.45 by 0.25 arcmins, about 50 thousand light years across. Since about the same distance and direction as PGC 9610, they may be a gravitationally bound pair.

Wikisky image of IC 233 and NGC 9622
Above, a 1 arcmin wide closeup of IC 233 and PGC 9610
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxies
Wikisky image of region near IC 233

PGC 9610
A 16th-(B)magnitude galaxy (type Sc?) in
Cetus (RA 02 31 42, Dec +02 47 55)

Often misidentified as IC 233, which see for images. Based on recessional velocity of 8240 km/sec about 370 million light years away. Given that and apparent size of 0.3 by 0.25 arcmin, about 30 thousand light years across. Since about the same distance and direction as IC 233, they may be a gravitationally bound pair.


IC 234 (= PGC 9613)
Discovered (Nov 9, 1891) by
Stephane Javelle (86)
A 15th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S?) in Cetus (RA 02 31 38, Dec -00 08 22)

IC 235 (= PGC 9698)
Discovered (Dec 15, 1892) by
Stephane Javelle (569)
A 14th-magnitude galaxy (type pec?) in Aries (RA 02 32 51, Dec +20 38 29)

IC 236 (= PGC 1151183)
Discovered (Nov 9, 1891) by
Stephane Javelle (87)
A 16th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S?) in Cetus (RA 02 32 56, Dec -00 07 51)

IC 237 (= PGC 9742)
Discovered (Dec 29, 1893) by
Stephane Javelle (570)
A 15th-magnitude lenticular galaxy (type E/S0?) in Cetus (RA 02 33 32, Dec +01 08 23)

IC 238 (= PGC 9835)
Discovered (Oct 12, 1887) by
Lewis Swift (VII-5)
A 13th-magnitude lenticular galaxy (type S0?) in Aries (RA 02 35 23, Dec +12 50 18)

IC 239 (= PGC 9899)
Discovered (1893) by
Isaac Roberts
An 11th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBa?) in Andromeda (RA 02 36 28, Dec +38 58 08)

IC 240
Discovered (Dec 9, 1890) by
Guillaume Bigourdan (136)
A group of four faint stars in Perseus (RA 02 38 58, Dec +41 43 10)

IC 241 (= PGC 9969)
Discovered (Nov 19, 1886) by
Guillaume Bigourdan (137)
A 13th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S?) in Cetus (RA 02 37 54, Dec +02 19 40)

IC 242
Recorded (Jan 26, 1892) by
Stephane Javelle (88)
A double star in Cetus (RA 02 38 24, Dec -06 56 01)

IC 243 (= PGC 10009)
Discovered (Jan 26, 1892) by
Stephane Javelle (89)
A 14th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SB0/a?) in Cetus (RA 02 38 32, Dec -06 54 06)

IC 244 (= PGC 10061)
Discovered (Jan 11, 1894) by
Stephane Javelle (571)
A 15th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sc?) in Cetus (RA 02 39 25, Dec +02 43 39)

IC 245 (= PGC 10032)
Discovered (Dec 2, 1891) by
Stephane Javelle (90)
A 14th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S?) in Cetus (RA 02 38 54, Dec -14 18 22)

IC 246 (= PGC 10116)
Discovered (Oct 15, 1887) by
Lewis Swift (VII-6)
A 14th-magnitude lenticular galaxy (type S0?) in Cetus (RA 02 40 29, Dec +02 28 45)

IC 247 (= PGC 10100)
Discovered (Jan 2, 1892) by
Stephane Javelle (91)
A 14th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S?) in Cetus (RA 02 38 54, Dec -14 18 22)

IC 248 (= PGC 10197)
Discovered (September 1891) by
Sherburne Burnham
A 13th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sa?) in Aries (RA 02 41 26, Dec +17 48 43)

IC 249 (=
NGC 1051 = NGC 961 = PGC 10172)
Discovered (Nov 27, 1880) by Édouard Stephan (and later listed as NGC 1051)
Discovered (1886) by Ormond Stone (and later listed as NGC 961)
Discovered (Jan 28, 1892) by Stephane Javelle (92) (and later recorded as IC 249)

Per Corwin: Stephan and Javelle's positions are nearly identical, but there is a superposed star near the galaxy which Javelle apparently thought was Stephan's NGC 1051, and he therefore stated that his "new" object was definitely not the previously discovered galaxy. However, there is no doubt that they both observed the same object. Stone undoubtedly observed the same object as well, but made a 10 minute error (presumably a transcription error) in its position, so his observation was also recorded as a different NGC/IC object.

Celestial Atlas
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