IC 539
| Galaxy IC 539 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 29 m 08.2 s |
| declination | -02 ° 32 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 156 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023243 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | (6968 ± 37) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(304 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93.2 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 539 • PGC 26909 • CGCG 006-047 • MCG + 00-24-017 • IRAS 09266-0219 • 2MASX J09290823-0232573 • | |
IC 539 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 304 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 9, 1893 .