IC 4122

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Galaxy
IC 4122
{{{Card text}}}
SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 03 m 24.4 s
declination + 20 ° 11 ′ 49 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E0?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.30 × 0.3
Surface brightness 11.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.063454 ± 0.000073  
Radial velocity 19,023 ± 22 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(850 ± 59)  ·  10 6  ly
(260.5 ± 18.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date January 27, 1904
Catalog names
IC  4122 • PGC  45092 • CGCG  100-024 • 2MASX  J13032442 + 2011490 •

IC 4122 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 850 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies IC 4087 , IC 4113 , IC 4128 , IC 4140 .

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 4122
  3. Seligman