IC 875

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Galaxy
IC 875
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 17 m 07.6 s
declination + 57 ° 32 ′ 22 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 12.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.40 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 150 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.009267 +/- 0.000160  
Radial velocity 2778 +/- 48 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(129 ± 9)  ·  10 6  ly
(39.6 ± 2.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date June 15, 1890
Catalog names
IC  875 • UGC  8355 • PGC  46263 • CGCG  294-030 • MCG  + 10-19-059 • 2MASX  J13170752 + 5732218 • Mrk  249 •

IC 875 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 129 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on June 15, 1890 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 875
  3. Seligman