IC 4446
| Galaxy IC 4446 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 29 m 01.3 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 27 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031477 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 9437 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(426 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (130.5 ± 9.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 9, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4446 • PGC 51742 • MCG + 06-32-044 • 2MASX J14290128 + 3727473 • | |
IC 4446 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Bear Keeper in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 426 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 115,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 5654 and IC 4435 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on July 9, 1896 .