IC 883 explained

IC 883
Epoch:	J2000.0
Type:	Irr (Im/P) ^[1]
Dist Ly:	320.9 Mly (98.4 Mpc)
Z:	6954 ± 16 km/s
Appmag V:	13.8
Size V:	2′.4 × 0′.7^[2]
Constellation Name:	Canes Venatici^[3]
Notes:	Interacting galaxies

IC 883 (also known as Arp 193, IRAS 13183+3423, PGC 46560 and UGC 8387) is an irregular galaxy that is about 321 million light years away from Earth. It is located in the constellation Canes Venatici. Its largest radius is 1.4 (131 thousand light years), and smallest 0.7 angular minutes (65 thousand light years). It was discovered by Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler on May 1 1891.^{[1] [4] [5]}

Two supernovae have been observed in IC 883: SN 2010cu (type II, mag. 17.7),^[6] and SN 2011hi (type II, mag. 17.9).^[7]

Literature

• • Book: R. J. Buta . H. G. Corwin, Jr. . S. C. Odewahn . 2007 . The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies . . Cambridge . 978-0521820486 .
• Book: Sinnott , R. W. . 1988 . NGC 2000.0: The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogues of Nebulae and Star Clusters . . 978-0-933346-51-2 .

External links

• • The Mice Galaxies
• Photographic Catalogue of Deep Sky Objects in Canes Venatici

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entdeckung und Katalogisierung von Nebeln und Sternhaufen . Wolfgang Steinicke-ov revizirani NGC i IC katalog . 2013-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130718090152/http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/ngcic/ngcic_e.htm . 2013-07-18 . dead .
2. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Rezultati za IC 883 . 2013-04-11.
3. http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?IC883 seds.org
4. http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/ngcic/obs_e.htm NGC/IC observers
5. Young, C., Sid. Mess. II, 252 (1883-84).
6. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2010cu Transient Name Server entry for SN 2010cu.
7. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2011hi Transient Name Server entry for SN 2011hi.