IC 852
| Galaxy IC 852 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 07 m 36.7 s |
| declination | + 60 ° 09 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027786 +/- 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 8330 +/- 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(377 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.7 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 852 • UGC 8213 • PGC 45472 • CGCG 294-018 • MCG + 10-19-035 • 2MASX J13073674 + 6009256 • GALEX ASC J130736.66 + 600925.1 • LEDA 45472 | |
IC 852 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Ursa Major in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 377 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 17, 1888 .