IC 544
| Galaxy IC 544 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .