IC 856
| Galaxy IC 856 |
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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 10 m 41.6 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 32 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013506 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 4049 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(181 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (55.4 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 11, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 855 • PGC 45725 • CGCG 130-015 • IRAS 13082 + 2048 • KUG 1308 + 208 • 2MASX J13104161 + 2032123 • NVSS J131041 + 203213 | |
IC 856 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 181 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 851 .
The object was discovered on July 11, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .