IC 4168
| Galaxy IC 4168 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 05 m 10.7 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 02 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027204 ± 0.000162 |
| Radial velocity | 8156 ± 49 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(367 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (112.5 ± 7.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4168 • PGC 45244 • MCG + 07-27-029 • 2MASX J13051071 + 4002585 • | |
IC 4168 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Canes Venatici the northern sky . It is estimated to be 367 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxy IC 4165 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .