IC 943
| Galaxy IC 943 |
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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 50 m 32.1 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 11 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBbc (r) |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032448 +/- 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 9728 +/- 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(433 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (132.8 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 29, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 943 • PGC 49130 • CGCG 045-115 • MCG + 01-35-041 • 2MASX J13503214 + 0311394 • GALEX ASC J135032.22 + 031139.5 • LEDA 49130 | |
IC 943 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 433 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5300 , IC 939 , IC 940 , IC 952 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 29, 1892 .