IC 862
| Galaxy IC 862 |
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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 16 m 15.4 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 02 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030658 +/- 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 9191 +/- 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(411 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (125.9 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 11, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 862 • PGC 46181 • CGCG 101-018 • MCG + 03-34-011 • 2MASX J13161539 + 2002511 • ASK 659018.0 | |
IC 862 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 411 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 864 , IC 867 , IC 870 .
The object was discovered on June 11, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .