IC 978
| Galaxy IC 978 |
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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 08 m 58.1 s |
| declination | -02 ° 58 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 33 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005474 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 1641 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(71 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (21.9 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 8, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 978 • PGC 50493 • CGCG 018-060 • MCG + 00-36-021 • 2MASX J14085808-0258258 • GALEX ASC J140858.10-025826.2 | |
IC 978 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is around 71 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 15,000 light years .
The galaxies IC 977 and IC 985 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on July 8, 1893 by Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0978" overwrites the previously used key "IC0978".