IC 4000
| Galaxy IC 4000 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 59 m 36.6 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 35 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.2 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.111248 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 33,351 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(1493 ± 104) · 10 6 Lj (457.6 ± 32) Mpc |
| diameter | 100,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4000 • PGC 2152407 • 2MASX J12593659 + 3935159 • | |
IC 4000 is a compact Galaxy from the Hubble type C in the constellation hunting dogs . It is around 1.5 billion light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 light years.
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .