IC 971
| Galaxy IC 971 |
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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 | 14 h 03 m 52.8 s |
| declination | -10 ° 08 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011098 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 3327 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(146 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.7 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman H. Safford |
| Discovery date | May 20, 1868 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 971 • PGC 50120 • MCG -02-36-005 • IRAS 14012-0954 • 2MASX J14035278-1008260 • GALEX ASC J140352.83-100824.7 | |
IC 971 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is around 146 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 light years . It probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with IC 4358 .
The galaxies NGC 5442 , IC 4361 , IC 4364 , IC 4368 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on May 20, 1868 by Truman Henry Safford .