IC 509
Galaxy IC 509 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | cancer |
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 |
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 .