IC 639

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Galaxy
IC 639
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 45 m 52.0 s
declination + 16 ° 55 ′ 50 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 0 °
Surface brightness 12.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.021555 ± 0.000123  
Radial velocity (6462 ± 37) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(285 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(87.4 ± 6.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date April 12, 1888
Catalog names
IC  639 • PGC  32129 • CGCG  095-016 • MCG  + 03-28-007 • IRAS  10432 + 1711 • 2MASX  J10455200 + 1655498 • GALEX ASC J104552.07 + 165550.5

IC 639 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 285 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 12, 1888 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 639
  3. Seligman