IC 905

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Galaxy
IC 905
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Bear keeper
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 40 m 02.9 s
declination + 23 ° 08 ′ 35 ″
Appearance
Morphological type C.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.031659 +/- 0.000157  
Radial velocity 9491 +/- 47 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(425 ± 30)  x  10 6  ly
(130.3 ± 9.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date June 17, 1892
Catalog names
IC  905 • PGC  48349 • CGCG  131-019 • MCG  + 04-32-020 • IRAS  13376 + 2323 • 2MASX  J13400291 + 2308351 • GALEX ASC J134002.92 + 230833.2

IC 905 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is estimated to be 425 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies IC 906 , IC 910 , IC 911 , IC 913 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 17, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 905
  3. Seligman