IC 840
Galaxy IC 840 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 58 m 42.0 s |
declination | + 10 ° 36 ′ 59 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SBa |
Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 × 0.6 |
Position angle | 30 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.036072 ± 0.000042 |
Radial velocity | (10814 ± 13) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(481 ± 34) · 10 6 ly (147.5 ± 10.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | May 19, 1893 |
Catalog names | |
IC 840 • UGC 8090 • PGC 44495 • CGCG 071-086 • MCG + 02-33-040 • 2MASX J12584201 + 1036592 • |
IC 840 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Virgo. It is estimated to be 481 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 19, 1893 .