IC 4159
Galaxy IC 4159 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 04 m 46.0 s |
declination | + 22 ° 14 ′ 32 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sc? / pec |
Brightness (visual) | 15.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 16.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.20 × 0.2 |
Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.068910 |
Radial velocity | 20,659 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(923 ± 65) · 10 6 ly (283 ± 19.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Max Wolf |
Discovery date | January 27, 1904 |
Catalog names | |
IC 4159 • PGC 1666258 • 2MASX J13044590 + 2214325 • |
IC 4159 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc? in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky , which is an estimated 923 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904 .