IC 4537
| Galaxy IC 4537 |
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![IC 4537 with LEDA 1215110 [1] (o)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC4537_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 4537 with LEDA 1215110 (o) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 17 m 32.4 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 02 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.054265 |
| Radial velocity | 16268 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(728 ± 51) · 10 6 Lj (223.1 ± 15.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward E. Barnard |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4537 • PGC 54583 • CGCG 021-070 • 2MASX J15173246 + 0202503 • GALEX ASC J151732.51 + 020251.8 | |
IC 4537 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Snake in the northern sky . It is an estimated 728 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard .