IC 916
| Galaxy IC 916 |
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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 42 m 38.1 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 27 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 × 0.7 |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028106 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 8426 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(378 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.8 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Henry Safford |
| Discovery date | June 6, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 916 • PGC 48564 • CGCG 131-028 • MCG + 04-32-031 • 2MASX J13423818 + 2427544 • GALEX ASC J134238.31 + 242752.7 | |
IC 916 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is an estimated 378 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 909 and IC 4322 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on June 6, 1866 by Truman Henry Safford .