IC 512

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Galaxy
IC 512
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IC 512 DSS.jpg
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Constellation Cepheus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 03 m 49.8 s
declination + 85 ° 30 ′ 06 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (s) cd  
Brightness  (visual) 12.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.0 likes
Angular expansion 1.8 ′ × 1.3 ′
Position angle 1 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 2276 group
NGC 2300 group
LGG 145  
Redshift 0.005384 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 1614 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(79 ± 6)  ·  10 6  ly
(24.3 ± 1.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery William F. Denning
Discovery date 23 August 1890
Catalog names
IC  512 • UGC  4646 • PGC  25451 • CGCG  363-049 • 364-008 • MCG  + 14-05-002 • IRAS  08508 + 8541 • 2MASX  J09034969 + 8530060 • 2MASS J09035014 + 8530061 • LDCE 540 NED013

IC 512 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cepheus the northern sky . It is an estimated 79 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly. Together with u. a. NGC 2268 , NGC 2276 , NGC 2300 , IC 455 , IC 469 and IC 499 make up the NGC 2276 group .

The object was discovered by William Frederick Denning on August 23, 1890 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 512
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0512” overwrites the previously used key “IC0512”.