IC 904
| Galaxy IC 904 |
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| with LEDA 48246 (l) & LEDA 48210 (ru) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 38 m 32.2 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 32 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 × 0.7 |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022522 +/- 0.000055 |
| Radial velocity | 6752 +/- 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(299 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (91.8 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 904 • UGC 8628 • PGC 48217 • CGCG 017-047 • MCG + 00-35-014 • 2MASX J13383217 + 0032250 • USGC U556 NED02 | |
IC 904 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 299 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 5257 , NGC 5258 , IC 903 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 8, 1893 .