IC 885
| Galaxy IC 885 |
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| SDSS image from IC 885 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 22 m 30.9 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 18 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022829 +/- 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 6844 +/- 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(306 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (93.8 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 3, 1889 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 885 • PGC 46722 • CGCG 131-005 • MCG + 04-32-008 • 2MASX J13223088 + 2118589 • | |
IC 885 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 306 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on May 3, 1889 .