IC 4218
| Galaxy IC 4218 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 17 m 03.4 s |
| declination | -02 ° 15 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat / Sy 1.2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 'x 0.3' |
| Position angle | 158 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.019327 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 5794 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(256 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.4 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | July 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4218 • UGC 8348 • PGC 46254 • CGCG 016-039 • MCG + 00-34-022 • 2MASX J13170341-0215411 • GALEX ASC J131703.41-021540.1 • LDCE 957 NED002 • SIT 80-2 | |
IC 4218 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 256 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 5095 and IC 4224 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in July 1899 .