IC 853
| Galaxy IC 853 / IC 4205 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 08 m 41.7 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 46 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (s) from |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.60 × 1.3 |
| Position angle | 33 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023857 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7152 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(324 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.3 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Swift |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1890 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 853/4205 • UGC 8230 • PGC 45560 • CGCG 271-018 • MCG + 09-22-019 • 2MASX J13084168 + 5246271 • ISOSS J13086 + 5246 | |
IC 853 = IC 4205 is a ring-shaped bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 324 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 4987 and NGC 5001 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Edward Swift on June 8, 1890 .