IC 4127

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Galaxy
IC 4127
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 03 m 17.4 s
declination + 38 ° 02 ′ 49 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / LINER  
Brightness  (visual) 15.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.50 × 0.3
Position angle 51 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.036519 ± 0.000168  
Radial velocity 10,948 ± 50 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(491 ± 35)  ·  10 6  ly
(150.6 ± 10.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 21, 1903
Catalog names
IC  4127 • PGC  45089 • 2MASX  J13031742 + 3802486 • NSA 89731

IC 4127 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 491 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies IC 4103 , IC 4118 , IC 4142 , IC 4152 .

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4127
  3. Seligman