IC 861
| Galaxy IC 861 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 15 m 07.4 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 19 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038146 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 11,436 +/- 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(513 ± 36) · 10 6 ly (157.2 ± 11.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Rudolf Spitaler |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 861 • UGC 8326 • PGC 46092 • CGCG 189-046 • MCG + 06-29-068 • 2MASX J13150738 + 3419434 • LEDA 46092 | |
IC 861 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Canes Venatici in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 513 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Rudolf Spitaler on May 5, 1891 .