IC 4146

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Galaxy
IC 4146
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 04 m 10.4 s
declination + 19 ° 16 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E0?  
Brightness  (visual) 15.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.20 × 0.2
Surface brightness 11.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.058764 ± 0.000093  
Radial velocity 17,617 ± 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(787 ± 55)  ·  10 6  ly
(241.2 ± 16.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date January 27, 1904
Catalog names
IC  4146 • PGC  3801673 • 2MASX  J13041038 + 1916423 •

IC 4146 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky , an estimated 787 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.

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

See also

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 4146
  3. Seligman