IC 908

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Galaxy
IC 908
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Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 908
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0908” overwrites the previously used key “IC0908”.