IC 4445
| Galaxy IC 4445 |
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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 54.6 s |
| declination | -46 ° 02 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014467 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 4337 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(188 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (57.6 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 13, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4445 • PGC 51917 • ESO 272-015 • IRAS 14285-4548 • 2MASX J14315459-4602070 • | |
IC 4445 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Wolf at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 188 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there is u. a. the galaxy NGC 5670 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 13, 1904 .