IC 798
| Galaxy IC 798 |
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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 32 m 33.4 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 24 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 × 0.4 |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.001274 +/- 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 382 +/- 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(15 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (4.65 ± 0.44) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 22, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 798 • PGC 41589 • CGCG 099-083 • 2MASX J12323339 + 1524557 • VCC 1440 • | |
IC 798 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky , the estimated 15 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 1440 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4523 , IC 797 , IC 800 , IC 3462 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 22, 1892 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0798" overwrites the previously used key "IC0798".