IC 924
| Galaxy IC 924 |
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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 37.6 s |
| declination | -12 ° 27 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028320 +/- 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 8490 +/- 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(376 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.2 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Sherburne Wesley Burnham |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1889 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 924 • PGC 170293 • 2MASX J13453766-1227202 • USGC S231 NED02 • GALEX ASC J134537.57-122720.1 | |
IC 924 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 376 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 920 and IC 927 , among others .
The object was discovered on April 17, 1889 by the American astronomer Sherburne Wesley Burnham .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0924” overwrites the previously used key “IC0924”.