IC 833
| Galaxy IC 833 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 56 m 38.20 s |
| declination | -06 ° 44 ′ 00.3 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.059174 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 17,740 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(788 ± 55) · 10 6 ly (241.7 ± 16.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1889 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 833 • PGC 158287 • 2MASX J12563821-0644000 • 2MASS J12563818-0644003 • WISEA J125638.17-064400.4 | |
IC 833 is a 14.5 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 788 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4775 , NGC 4786 , NGC 4813 , IC 3908 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on March 25, 1889 .