IC 854

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Galaxy
IC 854
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IC 854 with LEDA 1710320 [1] (ul)
IC 854 with LEDA 1710320 (ul)
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 09 m 50.0 s
declination + 24 ° 34 ′ 39 ″
Appearance
Morphological type R / SBbc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 × 0.6
Position angle 135 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023680 ± 0.000027  
Radial velocity 7099 ± 8 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(318 ± 22)  ·  10 6  ly
(97.4 ± 6.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date July 19, 1892
Catalog names
IC  854 • PGC  45664 • CGCG  130-014 NED01 • MCG  + 04-31-011 NED01 • KUG  1307 + 248 • 2MASX  J13094995 + 2434390 • GALEX ASC J130950.04 + 243439.7

IC 854 is a circular bar- shaped spiral galaxy of the Hubble type R / SBbc in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 318 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 4979 , NGC 5016 , IC 4198 , IC 4202 .

The object was discovered on July 19, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : IC 854
  4. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0854” overwrites the previously used key “IC0854”.