IC 822

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Galaxy
IC 822
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 47 m 45.5 s
declination + 30 ° 04 ′ 38 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 15.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 × 0.4
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 1656  
Redshift 0.062156 ± 0.000103  
Radial velocity 18,634 ± 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(833 ± 58)  ·  10 6  ly
(255.5 ± 17.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Rudolf Spitaler
Discovery date March 18, 1892
Catalog names
IC  822 • PGC  43196 • MCG  + 05-30-085 • 2MASX  J12474550 + 3004378 • GALEX ASC J124745.61 + 300438.9

IC 822 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 833 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter. She is considered a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
The galaxies IC 818 , IC 820 , IC 821 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Rudolf Spitaler on March 18, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : IC 822
  3. Seligman