IC 863
| Galaxy IC 863 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 17 m 12.4 s |
| declination | -17 ° 15 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) a / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 48 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC-5044 group |
| Redshift | 0.008386 +/- 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 2514 +/- 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(107 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (32.9 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 25, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 863 • PGC 46270 • MCG -03-34-043 • IRAS 13145-1659 • 2MASX J13171239-1715162 • SGC 1314.5-1700 • LDCE 955 NED030 • LEDA 46270 | |
IC 863 is a lenticular galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 107 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5037 , NGC 5047 , NGC 5049 , NGC 5054 .
The supernova candidate Gaia 16afw is observed here.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 25, 1892 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0863" overwrites the previously used key "IC0863".