IC 409
| Galaxy IC 409 |
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![IC 409 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC409_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 409 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Orion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 19 m 33.550 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 19 ′ 06.20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15 likes |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028320 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 8490 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(376 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.2 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 12, 1894 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 409 • PGC 17105 • CGCG 421-026 • MCG + 01-14-024 • 2MASX J05193366 + 0319036 • NVSS J051933 + 031906 | |
IC 409 is a merging spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type S in the constellation Orion in the northern sky . It is an estimated 376 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 412 , IC 414 , IC 2123 , IC 2124 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 12, 1894 .