IC 994
| Galaxy IC 994 |
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| IC 994 & IC 993 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 18 m 22.6 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 11 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 13 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024680 ± 0.000170 |
| Radial velocity | 7399 ± 51 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(331 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.5 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 27, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 994 • UGC 9153 • PGC 51095 • CGCG 074-161 • 075-002 • MCG + 02-36-064 • 2MASX J14182261 + 1111424 • HOLM 626A • LDCE 1051 NED002 | |
IC 994 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SA in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky . It is an estimated 331 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 125,000 ly. Together with NGC 993 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The galaxies NGC 5531 and NGC 5532 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 27, 1891 .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0994" overwrites the previously used key "IC0994".