IC 949
Galaxy IC 949 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Bear keeper |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .
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Attention: The sorting key "IC 0949" overwrites the previously used key "IC0949".