IC 787
| Galaxy IC 787 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 25 m 25.1 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 07 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster (??) |
| Redshift | 0.030878 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 9257 +/- 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(412 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (126.2 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 787 • PGC 40517 • CGCG 099-043 • MCG + 03-32-031 • 2MASX J12252510 + 1607270 • VCC 799 • GALEX ASC J122525.00 + 160727.8 • LEDA 40517 | |
IC 787 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 412 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 135,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 799 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4383 , NGC 4396 , NGC 4405 , IC 3313 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 7, 1888 .