IC 914

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Galaxy
IC 914
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Bear keeper
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 41 m 40.6 s
declination + 23 ° 11 ′ 21 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.032322 +/- 0.000127  
Radial velocity 9690 +/- 38 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(434 ± 30)  x  10 6  ly
(133.0 ± 9.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date June 17, 1892
Catalog names
IC  914 • PGC  48475 • CGCG  131-027 • MCG  + 04-32-030 • IRAS  F13393 + 2326 • 2MASX  J13414063 + 2311194 • SDSS J134140.60 + 231120.5

IC 914 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is estimated to be 434 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies IC 910 , IC 911 , IC 912 , IC 913 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 17, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 914
  3. Seligman