IC 4051
| Galaxy IC 4051 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| 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 51.5 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 02 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E5 / PAS |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 49 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.029330 ± 0.000031 |
| Radial velocity | 8793 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(394 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (120.7 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4051 • PGC 44828 • CGCG 160-258 • MCG + 05-31-092 • 2MASX J13005158 + 2802341 • LDCE 931 NED003 | |
IC 4051 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E5 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 394 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 105,000 ly in diameter. The galaxy is considered a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
The galaxies NGC 4908 , IC 4040 , IC 4041 , IC 4042 are located in the same area of the sky .
The Type I supernova SN 1950A was observed here.
The object was discovered on April 12, 1891 by Guillaume Bigourdan .