IC 996
| Galaxy IC 996 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 17 m 22.1 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 37 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010284 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 3083 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(144 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.0 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | July 3, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 996 • UGC 9152 • PGC 51036 • CGCG 295-043 • MCG + 10-20-092 • IRAS 14157 + 5751 • KUG 1415 + 578 • 2MASX J14172205 + 5737480 • | |
IC 996 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 144 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5526 and IC 995 , among others .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on July 3, 1888 .
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Individual evidence
Attention: The sort key “IC 0996” overwrites the previously used key “IC0996”.