IC 941
| Galaxy IC 941 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 48 m 35.6 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 00 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023273 +/- 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 6977 +/- 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(313 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (96.0 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 16, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 941 • PGC 48998 • CGCG 132-016 • MCG + 04-33-007 • 2MASX J13483563 + 2400543 • GALEX ASC J134835.55 + 240055.2 • LEDA 48998 | |
IC 941 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is estimated to be 313 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 16, 1892 .