IC 909
| Galaxy IC 909 |
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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 51.1 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 28 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 × 0.4 |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026999 +/- 0.000147 |
| Radial velocity | 8094 +/- 44 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(363 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (111.2 ± 7.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Henry Safford |
| Discovery date | June 6, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 909 • PGC 48408/48446 • CGCG 131-022 • MCG + 04-32-023 • IRAS 13385 + 2443 • KUG 1338 + 247 • 2MASX J13405113 + 2428239 • GALEX ASC J134051.13 + 242822.5 | |
IC 909 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky . It is an estimated 363 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy IC 916 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on June 6, 1866 by Truman Henry Safford .