IC 4409

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Galaxy
IC 4409
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IC 4409 with LEDA 1955702 (or) [1]
IC 4409 with LEDA 1955702 (or)
AladinLite
Constellation Bear keeper
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 21 m 33.3 s
declination + 31 ° 35 ′ 08 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 14.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 x 0.3
Position angle 36 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.034374 ± 0.000127  
Radial velocity 10.305 ± 38 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(463 ± 33)  ·  10 6  ly
(142.1 ± 10.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date July 3, 1896
Catalog names
IC  4409 • PGC  51306 • CGCG  163-033 • MCG  + 05-34-026 • IRAS  14193 + 3148 • 2MASX  J14213325 + 3135078 • FIRST J142133.2 + 313507 • NSA 144929

IC 4409 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is an estimated 463 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 4403 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on July 3, 1896 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4409
  4. Seligman