IC 4244
| Galaxy IC 4244 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 24 m 56.3 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 27 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024280 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 7279 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(326 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.0 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 12, 1895 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4244 • PGC 46914 • CGCG 161-047 • IRAS F13225 + 2643 • 2MASX J13245625 + 2627487 • GALEX ASC J132456.39 + 262748.6 • NVSS J132456 + 262744 | |
IC 4244 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 326 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5116 , IC 4230 , IC 4241 , IC 4250 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 12, 1895 .