IC 4178
| Galaxy IC 4178 |
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![IC 4178 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC4178_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 4178 SDSS recording | |
| 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 41,500 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 01 ′ 02.90 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Ir |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003958 ± 0.000005 |
| Radial velocity | 1187 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.8 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4178 • UGC 8187 • PGC 45306 • MCG + 06-29-030 • SDSS J130541.49 + 360102.8 | |
IC 4178 is an irregular galaxy, dwarf galaxy of the Hubble-type Im in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 55 million light years from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5002 , NGC 5014 , IC 4171 , IC 4189 , IC 4213 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1903 .