IC 871
| Galaxy IC 871 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 17 m 58.6 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 24 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 × 0.8 |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020834 +/- 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 6246 +/- 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(277 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (84.9 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 5, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 871 • UGC 8358 • PGC 46321 • CGCG 044-058 • MCG + 01-34-016 • IRAS 13155 + 0439 • 2MASX J13175865 + 0424122 • LDCE 959 NED001 | |
IC 871 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is an estimated 277 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter. Together with IC 873 and IC 876 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy trio.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 5, 1893 .