IC 4140

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Galaxy
IC 4140
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Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 04 m 06.0 s
declination + 20 ° 05 ′ 47 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) S0 / a?  
Brightness  (visual) 16.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 17.0 likes
Angular expansion 0.20 × 0.2
Surface brightness 12.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.062694  
Radial velocity 18795 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(839 ± 59)  ·  10 6  ly
(257.3 ± 18)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date January 27, 1904
Catalog names
IC  4140 • PGC  3801648 • 2MASX  J13040600 + 2005464 •

IC 4140 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a? in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky , which is an estimated 839 million light years from the Milky Way .
In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 4128 .

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 4140
  3. Seligman