IC 91
| Galaxy IC 91 |
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| SDSS image from IC 91 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 18 m 39.4 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 33 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023526 +/- 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 7053 +/- 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(318 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (97.6 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 8, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 91 • PGC 1230543 • 2MASX J01183943 + 0233132 • LEDA 1230543 | |
IC 91 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is around 318 million light years away from the solar system and has a diameter of around 45,000 light years .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 467 , NGC 470 , NGC 474 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 8, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0091" overwrites the previously used key "IC0091".