IC 549
| Galaxy IC 549 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 40 m 43.2 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 57 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004410 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 1322 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(53 ± 4) x 10 6 ly (16.2 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | February 19, 1894 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 549 • PGC 27622 • CGCG 035-027 • MCG + 01-25-010 • 2MASX J09404325 + 0357349 • GALEX ASC J094043.17 + 035736.0 | |
IC 549 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 53 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 5,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2960 and NGC 2966 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 19, 1894 .