IC 920
| Galaxy IC 920 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 45 m 24.7 s |
| declination | -12 ° 34 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026782 +/- 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 8029 +/- 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(355 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.8 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 8, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 920 • PGC 48779 • MCG -02-35-015 • 2MASX J13452467-1234271 • USGC S231 NED03 • LEDA 48779 | |
IC 920 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 355 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 924 and IC 927 , among others .
The object was discovered on July 8, 1893 by Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0920" overwrites the previously used key "IC0920".