IC 4227
| Galaxy IC 4227 |
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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 53.5 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 11 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa / Seyfert 2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023068 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 6916 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(311 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.3 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 30, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4227 • PGC 46594 • CGCG 161-025 • 2MASX J13205351 + 3211263 • GALEX ASC J132053.47 + 321126.6 | |
IC 4227 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 311 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5074 , NGC 5127 , IC 4225 , IC 4226 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 30, 1896 .