IC 914
Galaxy IC 914 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Bear keeper |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .