IC 873
| Galaxy IC 873 |
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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 18 m 16.3 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 27 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cE |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 × 0.4 |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020568 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 6166 +/- 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(273 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (83.8 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 5, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 873 • PGC 46345 • CGCG 044-059 • 2MASX J13181624 + 0427512 • LDCE 959 NED002 | |
IC 873 is a compact elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type cE in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 273 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across. Together with IC 871 and IC 876 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy trio.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 5, 1893 .