IC 4300
| Galaxy IC 4300 |
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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 35 m 25.2 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 25 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E4 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.20 x 0.2 |
| Surface brightness | 11.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.040324 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 12089 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(542 ± 38) · 10 6 ly (166.3 ± 11.6) Mpc |
| diameter | 70,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | June 16, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4300 • PGC 47912 • MCG + 06-30-48 • 2MASX J13352519 + 3325116 • | |
IC 4300 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is around 542 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 light years.
The object was discovered on June 16, 1903 by Stéphane Javelle .