IC 789
| Galaxy IC 789 |
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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 26 m 20.5 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 27 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 × 0.5 |
| Position angle | 131 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024657 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 7392 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(327 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.3 ± 7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 4, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 789 • UGC 7533 • PGC 40673 • CGCG 042-102 • MCG + 01-32-061 • IRAS F12237 + 0744 • 2MASX J12262048 + 0727364 • VCC 889 • | |
IC 789 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 327 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 889 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4366 , NGC 4370 , NGC 4416 , IC 3322 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 4, 1893 .