IC 500
Galaxy IC 500 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hare |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 08 h 12 m 39.6 s |
declination | -16 ° 03 ′ 03 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E. |
Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.30 'x 0.5' |
Position angle | 45 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.015204 ± 0.000077 |
Radial velocity | (4558 ± 23) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(195 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.8 ± 4.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | February 11, 1893 |
Catalog names | |
IC 500 • PGC 23011 • MCG -03-21-007 • 2MASX J08123960-1603028 • |
IC 500 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Hare on the northern sky . It is estimated to be 195 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
The astronomical object was discovered on February 11, 1893 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .