IC 866
Galaxy IC 866 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 17 m 16.7 s |
declination | + 20 ° 41 ′ 28 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB |
Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 16 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.10 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 32 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.022526 |
Radial velocity | 6753 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(302 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (92.5 ± 6.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | April 22, 1889 |
Catalog names | |
IC 866 • UGC 8354 • PGC 46279 • CGCG 130-027 • MCG + 04-31-019 • IRAS 13148 + 2057 • 2MASX J13171672 + 2041273 • SDSS J131716.74 + 204127.5 |
IC 866 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 302 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 862 , IC 864 , IC 867 , IC 870 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 22, 1889 .