IC 4118

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Galaxy
IC 4118
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 02 m 51.7 s
declination + 38 ° 17 ′ 35 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.50 × 0.3
Position angle 114 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.037422 ± 0.000087  
Radial velocity 11,219 ± 26 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(504 ± 35)  x  10 6  ly
(154.4 ± 10.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 21, 1903
Catalog names
IC  4118 • PGC  45040 • MCG  + 07-27-021 • 2MASX  J13025168 + 3817341 •

IC 4118 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky , the 504 million light-years from an estimated Milky Way is removed.
In the same region of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies IC 4108 and IC 4127 .

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 4118
  3. Seligman