IC 859
| Galaxy IC 859 |
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| IC 859 & IC 858 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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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 |
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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”.