IC 859
Galaxy IC 859 |
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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 57.3 s |
declination | + 17 ° 13 ′ 31 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E / S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.90 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
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 | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | June 23, 1892 |
Catalog names | |
IC 859 • UGC 8321 • PGC 46069 • CGCG 101-011 • MCG + 03-34-007 • 2MASX J13145194 + 1713364 • LDCE 950 NED003 |
IC 859 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 80,000 ly. It is likely to form a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with IC 858 . The galaxy IC 857 is located in the same area of the sky .
The galaxies NGC 5053 and IC 857 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 23, 1892 .
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Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key “IC 0859” overwrites the previously used key “IC0859”.