IC 4239
| Galaxy IC 4239 |
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| IC 4239 & IC 4240 (above) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 24 m 25.4 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 57 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.048337 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 14,491 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(649 ± 45) x 10 6 ly (199.0 ± 13.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 30, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4239 • PGC 46872 • CGCG 161-045 • MCG + 05-32-015 • 2MASX J13242547 + 3057336 • GALEX ASC J132425.44 + 305736.1 | |
IC 4239 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 649 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 155,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5131 , IC 4238 , IC 4240 , IC 4242 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2006cq was observed here.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 30, 1896 .