IC 908
Galaxy IC 908 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 41 m 18.9 s |
declination | -04 ° 20 ′ 39 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SBd |
Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
Position angle | 60 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.022355 +/- 0.000033 |
Radial velocity | 6702 +/- 10 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(296 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (90.9 ± 6.4) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | June 10, 1893 |
Catalog names | |
IC 908 • PGC 48443 • MCG -01-35-009 • IRAS F13387-0405 • 2MASX J13411893-0420390 • GALEX ASC J134118.82-042037.4 • LEDA 48443 |
IC 908 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBd in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 296 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on June 10, 1893 by Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0908” overwrites the previously used key “IC0908”.