IC 940
| Galaxy IC 940 |
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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 47 m 57.7 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023418 +/- 0.000071 |
| Radial velocity | 7021 +/- 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(312 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.7 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 3, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 940 • PGC 48933 • CGCG 045-104 • 2MASX J13475770 + 0326585 • USGC U567 NED01 • GALEX ASC J134757.79 + 032658.6 | |
IC 940 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 312 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 NGC 5300 , IC 939 and IC 943 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 3, 1891 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0940” overwrites the previously used key “IC0940”.