IC 937
| Galaxy IC 937 |
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| IC 938 & IC 937 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 44 m 28.9 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 37 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.2 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.069423 ± 0.000169 |
| Radial velocity | 20812 ± 51 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(935 ± 66) x 10 6 ly (286.7 ± 20.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward E. Barnard |
| Discovery date | June 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 937 • 2MASX J13442896 + 5537482 • 2MASS J13442892 + 5537486 • ASK 300446.0 | |
IC 937 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 935 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter . Together with IC 938 , it forms an interacting pair of galaxies.
The galaxies IC 928 , IC 930 , IC 931 , IC 934 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard in June 1892 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0937” overwrites the previously used key “IC0937”.