IC 4220

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Galaxy
IC 4220
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Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 17 m 54.3 s
declination -13 ° 36 ′ 20 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB: (r:) bc  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 'x 0.6'
Position angle 111 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.021301 ± 0.000120  
Radial velocity 6386 ± 36 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(281 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(86.1 ± 6.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date July 1899
Catalog names
IC  4220 • PGC  46316 • MCG  -02-34-017 • IRAS  F13152-1320 • 2MASX  J13175432-1336196 • GALEX ASC J131754.40-133621.6 • USGC S208 NED01

IC 4220 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 281 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5076 , NGC 5079 , NGC 5094 , IC 4217 .

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in July 1899 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 4220
  3. Seligman