IC 851
| Galaxy IC 851 |
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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 | 13 h 08 m 34.3 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 02 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008723 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2615 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(117 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (35.8 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Herbert Couper Wilson |
| Discovery date | February 25, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 851 • UGC 8219 • PGC 45552 • CGCG 130-011 • MCG + 04-31-009 • IRAS 13061 + 2118 • KUG 1306 + 213 • 2MASX J13083435 + 2102590 • LEDA 45552 | |
IC 851 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 117 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 35,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 856 , IC 4163 , IC 4181 , IC 4183 .
The object was discovered on February 25, 1892 by Herbert Couper Wilson .