IC 521

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Galaxy
IC 521
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SDSS image from IC 521 + SDSS J084643.28 + 023221.2
SDSS image from IC 521 + SDSS J084643.28 + 023221.2
AladinLite
Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 46 m 43.9 s
declination + 02 ° 32 ′ 15 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 ^ -  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 90 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.028139 ± 0.000170  
Radial velocity (8436 ± 51) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(370 ± 26)  x  10 6  ly
(113.5 ± 8.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date March 16, 1893
Catalog names
IC  521 • PGC  24658 • CGCG  033-004 • MCG  + 01-23-002 • 2MASX  J08464397 + 0232144 •

IC 521 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Water Snake. It is an estimated 370 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 16, 1893 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 521
  3. Seligman