IC 4358
| Galaxy IC 4358 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 03 m 34.2 s |
| declination | -10 ° 09 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc / pec / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010954 |
| Radial velocity | 3284 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(144 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.1 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | April 1905 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4358 • PGC 50092 • MCG -02-36-004 • IRAS F14006-0953 • 2MASX J14033416-1009043 • GALEX ASC J140334.11-100903.1 | |
IC 4358 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is around 144 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 55,000 light years . It probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with IC 971 .
The galaxies NGC 5442 , IC 4361 , IC 4364 , IC 4368 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered in April 1905 by the German astronomer Max Wolf .