IC 949

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Galaxy
IC 949
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Bear keeper
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 52 m 16.7 s
declination + 22 ° 31 ′ 18 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sdm:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 140 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.027826 ± 0.000020  
Radial velocity 8342 ± 6 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(374 ± 26)  ·  10 6  ly
(114.6 ± 8.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Truman H. Safford
Discovery date May 14, 1866
Catalog names
IC  949 • UGC  8777 • PGC  49265 • CGCG  132-026 • MCG  + 04-33-015 • IRAS  13499 + 2246 • 2MASX  J13521678 + 2231171 • NVSS J135217 + 223114 • LDCE 1007 NED002

IC 949 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type SD in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is an estimated 374 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter .

The object was discovered by Truman Henry Safford on May 14, 1866 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 949
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 0949" overwrites the previously used key "IC0949".