IC 4131
| Galaxy IC 4131 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 03 m 25.6 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 57 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | P |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.053378 ± 0.000082 |
| Radial velocity | 16.002 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(717 ± 50) · 10 6 Lj (219.9 ± 15.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4131 • PGC 2140322 • KUG 1301 + 392 • 2MASX J13032556 + 3857037 • | |
IC 4131 is a galaxy in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 717 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .