IC 905
| Galaxy IC 905 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .