IC 82

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Galaxy
IC 82
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Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 09 m 05.79 s
declination -16 ° 00 ′ 01.1 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 111 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 151  
Redshift 0.039884 ± 0.000113  
Radial velocity 11,957 ± 34 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(535 ± 38)  ·  10 6  Lj
(164.1 ± 11.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date August 30, 1892
Catalog names
IC  82 • PGC  4103 • MCG  -03-04-013 • IRAS  F01066-1615 • 2MASX  J01090578-1600011 • 2MASS J01090578-1600008 • WISEA J010905.81-160001.1

IC 82 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Whale in the southern sky . It is an estimated 535 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 77 , IC 78 , IC 79 , IC 80 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on August 30, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 82
  3. Seligman