IC 834
| Galaxy IC 834 |
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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 56 m 18.5 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 21 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.3 |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021635 +/- 0.000031 |
| Radial velocity | 6486 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(290 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.9 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 834 • PGC 44138 • CGCG 160-022 • MCG + 05-31-011 • 2MASX J12561859 + 2621320 • | |
IC 834 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E4? in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 290 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4849 , IC 832 , IC 835 , IC 837 .
The object was discovered by Rudolf Spitaler on February 24, 1892 .