IC 869

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Galaxy
IC 869
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Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 17 m 30.7 s
declination + 20 ° 40 ′ 52 ″
Appearance
Morphological type DBL Sys  
Brightness  (B-band) 1: 16.16 mag
2: 16.3 mag
Angular expansion 1: 0.30 ′ × 0.3 ′
1: 0.40 ′ × 0.3 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.023424  
Radial velocity 7022 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(314 ± 22)  x  10 6  ly
(96.2 ± 6.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date June 11, 1891
Catalog names
IC  869 • PGC  1633609/1633431 •
2nd galaxy: 1.1 billion light years away

IC 869 is an optical pair of galaxies in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky .

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. Seligman