IC 4154

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Galaxy
IC 4154
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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 28.3 s
declination + 23 ° 34 ′ 30 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E ..  
Brightness  (visual) 15.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.30 × 0.3
Surface brightness 12.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.031445 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity 9427 ± 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(421 ± 29)  x  10 6  ly
(129.2 ± 9.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date January 27, 1904
Catalog names
IC  4154 • PGC  1689776 • 2MASX  J13042827 + 2334306 •

IC 4154 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 421 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies IC 846 , IC 4076 , IC 4099 , IC 4160 .

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 4154
  3. Seligman