IC 872
| Galaxy IC 872 |
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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 18 m 18.6 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 20 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023089 +/- 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 6922 +/- 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(307 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (94.2 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 28, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 872 • UGC 8361 • PGC 46342 • CGCG 044-060 • IRAS 13157 + 0635 • 2MASX J13181859 + 0620069 • LDCE 0954 NED003 | |
IC 872 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 307 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 5060 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 28, 1891 .
Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key “IC 0872” overwrites the previously used key “IC0872”.