IC 4526
| Galaxy IC 4526 |
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| SDSS , NGC 5829 (center), IC 4526 (ro) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 02 m 38.2 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 21 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | in the |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 'x 0.3' |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | HGC 73 |
| Redshift | 0.045648 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | (13,685 ± 19) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(615 ± 43) · 10 6 ly (188.5 ± 13.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 25, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4526 • UGC 9673 NOTES01 • PGC 53707 • CGCG 134-070 NED01 • MCG + 04-35-026 • 2MASX J15023819 + 2321019 • Arp 042 NED01 • HCG 73B • | |
IC 4526 is an irregular galaxy of Hubble type in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is an estimated 615 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.IC 4526 is an apparent companion galaxy of NGC 5829 and forms the object Arp 42 , as well as the Hickson Compact Group 73 with PGC 53702 , PGC 53703 and PGC 53720 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 4531 , IC 4532 , IC 4534 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on July 25, 1903 .
Web links
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7