IC 807

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Galaxy
IC 807
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Constellation Crow
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 42 m 12.5 s
declination -17 ° 24 ′ 13 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E / S0?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.70 × 0.7
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.036595 ± 0.000140  
Radial velocity 10,971 ± 42 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(484 ± 34)  ·  10 6  ly
(148.5 ± 10.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date May 25, 1892
Catalog names
IC  807 • PGC  42635 • MCG  -03-32-020 • 2MASX  J12421249-1724129 • GSC 6104 00201

IC 807 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Raven in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 484 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter . It probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with IC 806 .

The object was discovered on May 25, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : IC 807
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0807” overwrites the previously used key “IC0807”.