IC 109

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Galaxy
IC 109
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SDSS image from IC 109
SDSS image of IC 109
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 25 m 13.1 s
declination + 02 ° 03 ′ 58 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 99 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 189
NGC 533 group  
Redshift 0.032529 ± 0.000083  
Radial velocity 9752 ± 25 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(439 ± 31)  ·  10 6  ly
(134.5 ± 9.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date November 5, 1891
Catalog names
IC  109 • UGC  980 • PGC  5251 • CGCG  385-117 • MCG  + 00-04-128 • 2MASX  J01251301 + 0204010 • GIN 067

IC 109 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 439 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 140,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 521 , NGC 533 , IC 103 , IC 105 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 5, 1891 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 109
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sort key "IC 0109" overwrites the previously used key "IC0109".