IC 545
| Galaxy IC 545 |
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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 36 m 05.3 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 56 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020731 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 6215 ± 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(275 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (84.2 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 545 • PGC 27307 • CGCG 122-027 • MCG + 04-23-013 • IRAS 09332 + 2510 • 2MASX J09360536 + 2456561 • GALEX ASC J093605.47 + 245655.1 • ARK 205 | |
IC 545 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 275 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 544 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 21, 1892 .