IC939 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , IC939 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:12 (EST) – 3 hours and 28 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 24° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:29.

Name IC939
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:13h47m [2]
Declination:+03°24' [2]
Constellation:Virgo
Magnitude:14.42 (B) [2]
11.12 (J) [2]
10.36 (H) [2]
10.05 (K) [2]
Hubble type:E
Distance:100.0 Mpc
326.0 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.58

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