IC 9
| Galaxy IC 9 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 19 m 44.0 s |
| declination | -14 ° 07 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb (r) / Sy2 / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 129 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.041886 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 12,557 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(563 ± 39) · 10 6 ly (172.7 ± 12.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | August 23, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 9 • PGC 1271 • MCG -02-02-001 • IRAS 00171-1423 • 2MASX J00194400-1407184 • GALEX ASC J001944.00-140718.6 | |
IC 9 is an active spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type Sb in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 563 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 62 , among others .
The property was built on August 23, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0009" overwrites the previously used key "IC0009".