IC 4405

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Galaxy
IC 4405
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Constellation Bear keeper
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 19 m 16.6 s
declination + 26 ° 17 ′ 55 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 × 0.6
Position angle 120 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.036823 ± 0.000088  
Radial velocity 11,039 ± 26 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(496 ± 35)  ·  10 6  ly
(152.0 ± 10.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date June 14, 1895
Catalog names
IC  4405 • PGC  51167 • CGCG  163-028 • MCG  + 05-34-019 • KUG  1417 + 265 • 2MASX  J14191656 + 2617550 • USGC U610 NED03

IC 4405 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 496 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 130,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 5553 , IC 4395 , IC 4397 , IC 4399 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 14, 1895 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4405
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 4405" overwrites the previously used key "IC4405".