IC 855
| Galaxy IC 855 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 10 m 36.9 s |
| declination | -04 ° 29 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E5 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026128 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 7833 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(346 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (106.2 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 15, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 855 • PGC 45725 • 2MASX J13103691-0429042 • GALEX ASC J131037.02-042905.2 • LEDA 45725 | |
IC 855 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E5 in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 346 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4975 , NGC 4989 , NGC 4990 , NGC 5015 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 15, 1893 .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0855" overwrites the previously used key "IC0855".