IC 4102
Galaxy IC 4102 |
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IC 4102 SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hunting dogs |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 02 m 17.994 s |
declination | + 36 ° 09 ′ 8.80 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E + |
Brightness (visual) | 15.5 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 16.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.20 × 0.1 |
Position angle | 80 ° |
Surface brightness | 11.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.026884 ± 0.000191 |
Radial velocity | 8060 ± 57 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(362 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (111 ± 7.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Max Wolf |
Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
Catalog names | |
IC 4102 • PGC 2075831 • 2MASX J13021788 + 3609083 • 2MASS J13021802 + 3609094 • SDSS J130217.99 + 360908.7 |
IC 4102 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E5 in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky . It is an estimated 362 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 4049 , IC 4069 , IC 4078 , IC 4086 and IC 4097 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .