IC 4200

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Galaxy
IC 4200
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Constellation centaur
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 09 m 34.76 s
declination -51 ° 58 ′ 06.9 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SA (r) 0 ^ 0 ^: / Sy1  
Brightness  (visual) 12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1.50 x 1.0
Position angle 152 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.012995 ± 0.000035  
Radial velocity 3896 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(166 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(50.9 ± 3.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal Harwood Frost
Discovery date May 10, 1904
Catalog names
IC  4200 • PGC  45634 • ESO  219-033 • 2MASX  J13093473-5158066 • SGC  130636-5142.1 • HIPASS J1309-51b • LDCE 953 NED002

IC 4200 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is an estimated 166 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 10, 1904 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4200
  3. Seligman