IC 939
| Galaxy IC 939 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 47 m 43.1 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 24 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023583 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 7070 +/- 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(314 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (96.4 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 3, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 939 • PGC 48914 • CGCG 045-103 • MCG + 01-35-036 • 2MASX J13474311 + 0324408 • LDCE 997 NED017 • LEDA 48914 | |
IC 939 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 314 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5300 , IC 940 and IC 943 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 3, 1891 .