IC 4226
| Galaxy IC 4226 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 20 m 30.4 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 00 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018383 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 5511 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(248 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (76.0 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 6, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4226 • PGC 46555 • CGCG 160-205 • 161-023 • MCG + 05-32-002 • 2MASX J13203041 + 3200138 • GALEX ASC J132030.58 + 320013.0 • USGC U529 NED07 | |
IC 4226 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 248 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5074 , NGC 5127 , IC 4225 , IC 4227 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 6, 1896 .