IC 796
| Galaxy IC 796 |
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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 29 m 26.3 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 24 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.005184 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1554 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(68 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (20.7 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 25, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 796 • UGC 7623 • PGC 41160 • CGCG 099-068 • MCG + 03-32-051 • IRAS 12268 + 1641 • 2MASX J12292635 + 1624170 • VCC 1188 • LDCE 0904 NED141 | |
IC 796 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 68 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1188 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4489 , NGC 4498 , NGC 4502 , IC 792 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 25, 1892 .