IC 4448

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Galaxy
IC 4448
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Constellation Bird of paradise
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 40 m 27.9 s
declination -78 ° 48 ′ 33 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SB (s) d / pec?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1.00 × 0.8
Position angle 168 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015427 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity 4625 ± 24 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(199 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(61 ± 4.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date June 19, 1900
Catalog names
IC  4448 • PGC  52426 • ESO  022-002 • IRAS  14343-7835 • 2MASX  J14402798-7848329 • SGC  143422-7835.7 •

IC 4448 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBd in the constellation Apus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 199 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 ly in diameter.

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on June 19, 1900 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 4448
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 4448" overwrites the previously used key "IC4448".