IC 522

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Galaxy
IC 522
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 54 m 34.9 s
declination + 57 ° 10 ′ 00 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 165 °
Surface brightness 12.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.016942 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity (5079 ± 24) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(230 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(70.4 ± 4.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date March 8, 1890
Catalog names
IC  522 • UGC  4654 • PGC  25009 • CGCG  288-010 • MCG  + 10-13-031 • 2MASX  J08543491 + 5709598 •

IC 522 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Great Bear. It is an estimated 230 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on March 8, 1890 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 522
  3. Seligman