IC 902
| Galaxy IC 902 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 36 m 01.2 s |
| declination | + 49 ° 57 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005397 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (1618 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(77 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (23.5 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 902 • UGC 8593 • PGC 48286 • CGCG 246-017 • MCG + 08-25-024 • IRAS 13340 + 5012 • 2MASX J13360121 + 4957385 • GALEX ASC J133601.21 + 495741.2 | |
IC 902 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 77 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 8, 1888 .