IC 4266
| Galaxy IC 4266 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 29 m 05.6 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 36 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.052810 ± 0.000147 |
| Radial velocity | 15,832 ± 44 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(710 ± 50) x 10 6 ly (217.7 ± 15.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 10, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4266 • PGC 2105009 • 2MASX J13290566 + 3736420 • GALEXASC J132905.79 + 373645.4 | |
IC 4266 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is about 710 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 4268 , IC 4269 , IC 4271-1 and IC 4271-2 .
The object was discovered on July 10, 1896 by Stéphane Javelle .