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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References

  1. ↑ "HyperLeda -object description". atlas.obs-hp.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  2. ↑ "IC 838 - spiral galaxy with bar. Description IC 838". kosmoved.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  3. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  4. ↑ "Index Catalog Objects: IC 800 - 849". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  5. ↑ "Revised IC Data for IC 838". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  6. ↑ Holmberg, Erik (1937-01-01). "A Study of Double and Multiple Galaxies Together with Inquiries into some General Metagalactic Problems". Annals of the Observatory of Lund. 6: 1–173. Bibcode:1937AnLun...6....1H.
  7. ↑ Holmberg, E. (1969-01-01). "A study of physical groups of galaxies". Arkiv för Astronomi. 5: 305–343. Bibcode:1969ArA.....5..305H. ISSN   0004-2048.
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