IC 839
| Galaxy IC 839 |
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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 58 m 15.0 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 07 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 x 0.3 |
| Position angle | 92 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.024904 +/- 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 7466 +/- 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(334 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.5 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | May 12, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 839 • PGC 44423 • CGCG 160-057 • 2MASX J12581504 + 2807327 • GALEX ASC J125815.07 + 280734.2 • SDSS J125815.04 + 280733.2 | |
IC 839 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 334 million light-years away from the Milky Way , about 60,000 ly in diameter, and is a member of the Coma Galaxy Cluster .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4848 , NGC 4850 , NGC 4851 , IC 3943 , among others .
The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on May 12, 1885 .