IC 4010

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Galaxy
IC 4010
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 59 m 54.0 s
declination + 37 ° 51 ′ 33 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 × 0.2
Position angle 70 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.034635 ± 0.000090  
Radial velocity 10,383 ± 27 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(466 ± 33)  ·  10 6  ly
(142.9 ± 10)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 21, 1903
Catalog names
IC  4010 • PGC  2111366 • 2MASX  J12595407 + 3751329 •

IC 4010 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S: in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 466 million light years from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of about 55,000 ly.

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4010
  3. Seligman