IC 797
| Galaxy IC 797 |
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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 31 m 54.7 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 07 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 × 0.9 |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 285 |
| Redshift | 0.006995 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2097 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(92 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (28.1 ± 2.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 22, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 797 • UGC 7676 • PGC 41504 • CGCG 099-077 • MCG + 03-32-058 • IRAS 12293 + 1524 • KUG 1229 + 153 • 2MASX J12315475 + 1507261 • VCC 1393 • GALEXASC J123154.69 + 150726.8 • LDCE 904 NED167 • VPC 838 | |
IC 797 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 92 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 35,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1393 .
The galaxies NGC 4523 , IC 3435 , IC 3453 , IC 3462 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 22, 1892 .