IC 801
| Galaxy IC 801 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 33 m 44.9 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 15 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 × 1.0 |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022035 +/- 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 6606 +/- 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(299 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (91.6 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 23, 1890 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 801 • UGC 7717 • PGC 41739 • CGCG 270-009 • MCG + 09-21-017 • IRAS F12312 + 5233 • 2MASX J12334501 + 5215170 • GALEX ASC J123345.04 + 521517.4 | |
IC 801 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Canes Venatici in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 299 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years across .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on May 23, 1890 .