IC 864

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Galaxy
IC 864
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 17 m 08.5 s
declination + 20 ° 41 ′ 30 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S:  
Brightness  (visual) 15.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.50 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 20 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.038973  
Radial velocity 11,684 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(522 ± 37)  ·  10 6  ly
(160.1 ± 11.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date June 11, 1891
Catalog names
IC  864 • PGC  1633794 • 2MASX  J13170852 + 2041313 •

IC 864 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky , which is an estimated 522 million light years from the Milky Way .
The galaxies IC 862 , IC 866 , IC 867 , IC 870 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered on June 11, 1891 by Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 864
  3. Seligman