IC 838

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IC 838
IC838 - SDSS DR14.jpg
IC 838 taken by SDSS
Observation data
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 58m 13.569s
Declination +26d 25m 36.76s
Redshift 0.069181
Heliocentric radial velocity 20,697 km/s
Distance 954 Mly (295.5 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.1
Apparent magnitude  (B)15.9
Surface brightness 13.4 mag/arcmin
Characteristics
Type Sbc, S0/a
Apparent size  (V)0.50' x 0.5' arcmin
Other designations
MCG +05-31-043, PGC 44444, HOLM 495B, SPIDER J194.55654+26.42688, WISEA J125813.56+262536.7, [DFO95] 190

IC 838 known as NGC 4849A,PGC 44444 and other names, is a type Sbc [1] barred spiral galaxy located in Coma Berenices. Its redshift is 0.069181, [2] meaning the galaxy is located 954 million light-years from Earth. [3] IC 838 was discovered by Rudolf Spitaler on February 24, 1892 [4] and has an apparent dimension of 0.50 x 0.5 arcmin, meaning it is about 140,000 light-years across. [5] IC 838 forms an optical pair with the lenticular galaxy NGC 4849, located south, which together makes up HOLM 495. [6] [7]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">IC 1192</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">IC 848</span> Galaxy located in Coma Berenices

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">IC 3278</span> Galaxy located in Coma Berenices

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">IC 3078</span> Galaxy located in Virgo

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">IC 4539</span> Galaxy located in Corona Borealis

IC 4539 is a type SABb intermediate spiral galaxy located in Corona Borealis. Its redshift is 0.061307, which corresponds IC 4539 to be 845 million light-years from Earth. It has an apparent dimension of 0.40 x 0.4 arcmin, meaning the galaxy is about 95,000 light-years across. IC 4539 was discovered by Stephane Javelle on June 23, 1903, who found it "as faint, small, round with a very brighter middle."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">IC 923</span> Galaxy located in Ursa Major

IC 923 is a lenticular galaxy located in Ursa Major. Its redshift is 0.069243 which means the galaxy is 954 million light-years from Earth. IC 923 has apparent dimensions of 0.50 x 0.2 arcmin, meaning it is approximately 139,000 light-years across. IC 923 was discovered in June 1892, by Edward Emerson Barnard and is a member of galaxy group, V1CG 588.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">IC 2734</span>

IC 2734 is a type SBc barred spiral galaxy seen edge-on, and located in the constellation Leo. Its redshift is 0.078901, which corresponds IC 2734 to be located 1.09 billion light-years from Earth. The galaxy has an apparent dimension of 0.60 x 0.2 arcmin, meaning it is approximately 190,000 light-years across. IC 2734 was discovered on March 27, 1906, by astronomer, Max Wolf.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">IC 4160</span> Galaxy in Coma Berenices

IC 4160, also known as PGC 1677859, is a spiral galaxy located in Coma Berenices. Its redshift is 0.061443, which corresponds IC 4160 to be 846 million light-years from Earth. It has an apparent dimension of 0.40 x 0.2 arcmin, meaning the galaxy is 99,000 light-years across. IC 4160 was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">IC 2754</span> Galaxy in the Leo constellation

IC 2754 is a type Sc spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo. Its redshift is 0.070479, which corresponds to IC 2754 being 970 million light-years from Earth. It has an apparent dimension of 0.50 x 0.2 arcmin, which means IC 2754 is 141,000 light-years across. IC 2754 was discovered on March 27, 1906, by Max Wolf.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">IC 2839</span> Galaxy in the Leo constellation

IC 2839, known as PGC 3472295, is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Leo. Its redshift is 0.065734, which corresponds to the galaxy being located 906 million light-years from Earth. IC 2839 has an apparent dimension of 0.30 x 0.1 arcmin, meaning it spans 79,000 light-years across. The galaxy was discovered on March 27, 1906, by Max Wolf.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">IC 3447</span> Type Sc barred spiral galaxy in constellation Virgo

IC 3447 is a type Sc barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It has a redshift of 0.092479, which means IC 3447 is 1.27 billion light-years from Earth, making it one of the furthest objects in the Index Catalogue. The galaxy has apparent dimensions of 0.30 x 0.3 arcmin, which means IC 3447 is 111,000 light-years across. It was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 10, 1904.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 3950</span> Elliptical galaxy of type E in Ursa Major

NGC 3950 is an elliptical galaxy of type E, in Ursa Major. Its redshift is 0.074602, meaning NGC 3950 is 1.03 billion light-years or 316 Mpc from Earth, which is within the Hubble distance values. This high redshift makes NGC 3950 one of the furthest New General Catalogue objects.

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