IC 4044
| Galaxy IC 4044 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 00 m 47.4 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 55 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0i |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.028590 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 8571 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(384 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (117.6 ± 8.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Hermann Kobold |
| Discovery date | May 9, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4044 • PGC 44821 • CGCG J13004737 + 2755196 • GALEX ASC J130047.40 + 275518.8 | |
IC 4044 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 384 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 ly in diameter. The galaxy is considered a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4906 , NGC 4908 , IC 4030 , IC 4041 .
The object was discovered by Hermann Kobold on May 9, 1896 .