IC 521
Galaxy IC 521 |
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SDSS image from IC 521 + SDSS J084643.28 + 023221.2 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Water snake |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .