IC 832
| Galaxy IC 832 |
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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 53 m 59.1 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 26 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.5 |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023596 +/- 0.000042 |
| Radial velocity | 7074 +/- 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(316 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (97 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Henry Safford |
| Discovery date | May 16, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 825 • PGC 43848 • CGCG 159-105 • MCG + 05-30-119 • 2MASX J12535906 + 2626381 • | |
IC 832 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 316 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4787 , NGC 4789 , IC 831 , IC 834 .
The object was discovered by Truman Henry Safford on May 16, 1866 .