IC 516
| Galaxy IC 516 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 35 m 50.8 s |
| declination | -01 ° 52 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 188 |
| Redshift | 0.037593 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 11,270 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(496 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (152.2 ± 10.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 516 • PGC 24155 • CGCG 004-075 • 2MASX J08355077-0152161 • 2MASS J08355075-0152164 • NSA 135316 | |
IC 516 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 496 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2616 , IC 514 , IC 515 , IC 517 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 21, 1893 .