IC 806
| Galaxy IC 806 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Crow |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 42 m 08.4 s |
| declination | -17 ° 20 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) from: / pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034544 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 10356 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(457 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (140 ± 9.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 25, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 806 • PGC 42642 • MCG -03-32-019 • 2MASX J12420844-1720569 • GSC 6104 00069 | |
IC 806 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Raven on southern sky . It is estimated to be 457 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter . It probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with IC 807 .
The object was discovered on May 25, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0806” overwrites the previously used key “IC0806”.