IC 769
| Galaxy IC 769 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 12 m 32.3 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 07 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) bc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 43 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.007382 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 2213 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(96 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (29.4 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Rudolf Spitaler |
| Discovery date | December 24, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 769 • UGC 7209 • PGC 38916 • CGCG 069-083 • MCG + 02-31-047 • IRAS 12099 + 1224 • 2MASX J12123232 + 1207254 • VCC 58 • LDCE 904 NED009 | |
IC 769 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 96 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VCC 58 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 767 , IC 768 , IC 3036 , IC 3039 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on December 24, 1891 .