IC 4181

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Galaxy
IC 4181
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 06 m 06.4 s
declination + 21 ° 29 ′ 38 ″
Appearance
Morphological type P.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 × 0.4
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.066400 +/- 0.000120  
Radial velocity 19,906 +/- 36 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(889 ± 62)  ·  10 6  ly
(272.6 ± 19.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date January 27, 1904
Catalog names
IC  4181 • PGC  140073 • IRAS  F13036 + 2145 • KUG  1303 + 217 • 2MASX  J13060644 + 2129375 •

IC 4181 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 889 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly. A gravitational bond with IC 4183 is possible .

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 4181
  3. Seligman