IC 985
| Galaxy IC 985 |
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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 11 m 32.9 s |
| declination | -03 ° 13 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029594 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 8872 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(395 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (121.0 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | February 19, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 985 • PGC 50671 • CGCG 018-072 • MCG + 00-36-024 • IRAS F14089-0259 • 2MASX J14113288-0313111 • GALEX ASC J141132.96-031311.4 | |
IC 985 is a faint spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is about 395 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 light years .
The galaxies IC 977 and IC 978 are located in the same area of the sky .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on February 19, 1887 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0985” overwrites the previously used key “IC0985”.