IC 4225

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Galaxy
IC 4225
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 20 m 00.9 s
declination + 31 ° 58 ′ 53 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a / PAS  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.00 'x 0.3'
Position angle 133 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018139 ± 0.000083  
Radial velocity 5438 ± 25 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(245 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(75.0 ± 5.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date June 6, 1896
Catalog names
IC  4225 • UGC  8378 • PGC  46507 • CGCG  160-198 • 161-016 • MCG  + 05-31-177 • 2MASX  J13200088 + 3158527 • GALEX ASC J132000.88 + 315853.9 • LDCE 956 NED003

IC 4225 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 245 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 5074 , NGC 5127 , IC 4226 , IC 4227 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 6, 1896 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4225
  3. Seligman