IC 826
| Galaxy IC 826 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 51 m 19.9 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 03 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc / Seyfert 2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.023139 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 6937 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(311 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.3 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Rudolf Spitaler |
| Discovery date | March 20, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 826 • PGC 43538 • CGCG 159-095 • MCG + 05-30-106 • 2MASX J12511994 + 3103351 • GALEX ASC J125119.97 + 310334.7 • SIG 2161 | |
IC 826 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 311 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Rudolf Spitaler on March 20, 1892 .