IC 4441
| Galaxy IC 4441 / IC 4444 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | wolf |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 31 m 38.6 s |
| declination | -43 ° 25 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA: (s) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.50 × 1.3 |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006535 ± 0.000018 |
| Radial velocity | 1959 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(82 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.1 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | March 28, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4441/4444 • PGC 51905 • ESO 272-014 • MCG -07-30-002 • IRAS 14284-4311 • 2MASX J14313860-4325060 • SGC 142827-4311.9 • | |
IC 4441 = IC 4444 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Wolf in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 82 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxy NGC 5643 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on March 28, 1897 .