IC 784

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Galaxy
IC 784
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Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 22 m 30.0 s
declination -04 ° 39 ′ 10 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (rs) bc:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1.9 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 109 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.016251 +/- 0.000007  
Radial velocity 4872 +/- 2 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(213 ± 15)  x  10 6  ly
(65.2 ± 4.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date March 25, 1889
Catalog names
IC  784 • PGC  40092 • MCG  -01-32-006 • IRAS  12199-0422 • 2MASX  J12223004-0439096 • HOLM 384A

IC 784 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 213 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on March 25, 1889 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 784
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0784” overwrites the previously used key “IC0784”.