IC 4248
| Galaxy IC 4248 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 26 m 47.2 s |
| declination | -29 ° 52 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 103 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5135 group LGG 351 |
| Redshift | 0.013686 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 4103 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(177 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (54.3 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | May 4, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4248 • PGC 47078 • ESO 444-035 • MCG -05-32-018 • IRAS 13239-2937 • 2MASX J13264722-2952528 • NVSS J132647-295254 | |
IC 4248 is a spiral galaxy, dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 177 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5135 , NGC 5150 , NGC 5152 , NGC 5153 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 4, 1904 .