IC 544

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Galaxy
IC 544
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 35 m 53.4 s
declination + 24 ° 53 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 25 °
Surface brightness 12.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.024496 ± 0.000050  
Radial velocity 7344 ± 15 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(325 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(99.7 ± 7.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date March 21, 1892
Catalog names
IC  544 • PGC  27293 • CGCG  122-025 • MCG  + 04-23-012 • IRAS  09330 + 2507 • 2MASX  J09355338 + 2453420 • NVSS J093553 + 245338

IC 544 is a spiral radio galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 325 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky is the galaxy IC 545 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 21, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 544
  3. Seligman