IC 520
| Galaxy IC 520 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | giraffe |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 53 m 42.2 s |
| declination | + 73 ° 29 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) off? / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | IC 520 group LGG 162 |
| Redshift | 0.011628 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | (3486 ± 12) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(161 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.4 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 29, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 520 • UGC 4630 • PGC 24970 • CGCG 331-073 • 332-025 • MCG + 12-09-026 • 2MASX J08534227 + 7329273 • GALEX ASC J085342.25 + 732928.9 • LDCE 573 NED024 | |
IC 520 is a barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type SBab in the constellation Giraffe at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 161 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across.
Together with NGC 2614 , NGC 2629 , NGC 2646 it forms the IC 520 group .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on August 29, 1888 .
IC 520 group ( LGG 162 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| IC 520 | PGC 24970 | 161 |
| NGC 2614 | PGC 24473 | 160 |
| NGC 2629 | PGC 24682 | 172 |
| NGC 2646 | PGC 24838 | 170 |