IC 4303
| Galaxy IC 4303 |
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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 37 m 18.2 s |
| declination | -28 ° 39 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 'x 0.5' |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008022 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 2405 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(102 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (31.2 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 4, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4303 • PGC 48104 • ESO 444-083 • MCG -05-32-051 • 2MASX J13371823-2839285 • | |
IC 4303 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 102 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies IC 4290 , IC 4294 , IC 4295 , IC 4316 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 4, 1904 .