IC 509
| Galaxy IC 509 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 32 m 03.5 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 00 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018246 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (5470 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(241 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.9 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 509 • UGC 4456 • PGC 23936 • CGCG 119-121 • MCG + 04-20-066 • 2MASX J08320355 + 2400391 • | |
IC 509 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 241 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 18, 1892 .