IC 858
Galaxy IC 858 |
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IC 859 & IC 858 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 14 m 51.9 s |
declination | + 17 ° 13 ′ 36 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0: |
Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.40 × 1.1 |
Position angle | 100 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.022906 ± 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | 6867 ± 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(306 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (93.9 ± 6.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stephane Javelle |
Discovery date | May 19, 1892 |
Catalog names | |
IC 858 • UGC 8321 • PGC 46069 • CGCG 101-011 • MCG + 03-34-007 • 2MASX J13145194 + 1713364 • VV 47 • LDCE 950 NED003 |
IC 858 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 306 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly. It is likely to form a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with IC 859 .
The galaxies NGC 5053 and IC 857 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 19, 1892 .
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Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key “IC 0858” overwrites the previously used key “IC0858”.