IC 4258
| Galaxy IC 4258 |
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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 27 m 53.2 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 30 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037039 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 11,104 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(497 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (152.5 ± 10.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 2, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4258 • PGC 47200 • CGCG 161-057 • MCG + 05-32-022 • 2MASX J13275328 + 2830291 • GALEX ASC J132753.38 + 283029.6 • SDSS J132753.25 + 283029.4 • NSA 86790 | |
IC 4258 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky . It is an estimated 497 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.
The Type Ia supernova SN 2003an was observed here.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 2, 1896 .