IC 4180

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Galaxy
IC 4180
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Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 06 m 56.490 s
declination -23 ° 55 ′ 1.60 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rl) 0 / a: / Sy2  
Brightness  (visual) 12.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 'x 0.7'
Position angle 165 °
Surface brightness 12.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation ABELL 1664
LGG 332  
Redshift 0.009914 ± 0.000060  
Radial velocity 2972 ± 18 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(127 ± 9)  x  10 6  ly
(38.9 ± 2.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date February 27, 1898
Catalog names
IC  4180 • PGC  45408 • ESO  508-005 • MCG  -04-31-029 • IRAS  13042-2338 • 2MASX  J13065651-2355014 • SGC  130414-2339.0 • GALEX ASC J130656.55-235500.4 • LDCE 955 NED002 • WISEA J130656.52 -235501.2

IC 4180 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a with an active galaxy core in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 127 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years across .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4968 , NGC 4970 , NGC 4993 , IC 4197 .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on February 27, 1898 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4180
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman