IC 4115

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Galaxy
IC 4115
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Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 02 m 48.7 s
declination + 37 ° 13 ′ 24 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 × 0.4
Surface brightness 11.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.035662 ± 0.000157  
Radial velocity 10,691 ± 47 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(480 ± 34)  ·  10 6  ly
(147.1 ± 10.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 21, 1903
Catalog names
IC  4115 • PGC  45036 • MCG  + 06-29-020 • KUG  1300 + 374 • 2MASX  J13024873 + 3713231 •

IC 4115 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation hounds in the north star sky . It is estimated to be 480 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same region of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 4144 .

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 SEDS : IC 4115
  3. Seligman