IC 4418

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Galaxy
IC 4418
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Bear keeper
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 25 m 27.2 s
declination + 25 ° 31 ′ 35 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E3  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.60 'x 0.4'
Position angle 96 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.036722 ± 0.000107  
Radial velocity 11.009 ± 32 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(494 ± 35)  ·  10 6  ly
(151.6 ± 10.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date June 18, 1895
Catalog names
IC  4418 • PGC  51510 • CGCG  133-052 • IRAS  F14232 + 2545 • 2MASX  J14252722 + 2531344 • NSA 145035

IC 4418 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is an estimated 494 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1013 , IC 1017 , IC 1018 , IC 4420 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on June 18, 1895 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4418
  3. Seligman