IC 782

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Galaxy
IC 782
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 21 m 37.0 s
declination + 05 ° 45 ′ 57 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB0 / SBa (r)  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 60 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo cluster  
Redshift 0.008086 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity 2424 ± 5 ​​km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(105 ± 7)  x  10 6  ly
(32.1 ± 2.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date March 17, 1892
Catalog names
IC  782 • PGC  39962 • CGCG  042-043 • MCG  + 01-32-020 • 2MASX  J12213697 + 0545564 • VCC  486 • GALEX ASC J122136.98 + 054555.5 • LDCE 904 NED061

IC 782 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 105 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VCC 486 . The galaxies NGC 4281 , NGC 4282 , NGC 4287 , NGC 4300 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 17, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 782
  3. Seligman