IC 523
| Galaxy IC 523 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 53 m 11.3 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 08 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab / Seyfert 2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 99 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029267 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 8774 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(386 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (118.5 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 523 • UGC 4652 • PGC 24948 • CGCG 061-018 • MCG + 02-23-009 • 2MASX J08531133 + 0908530 • GALEX ASC J085311.25 + 090853.6 • NSA 156935 | |
IC 523 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 386 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 13, 1893 .