IC 4538
| Galaxy IC 4538 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 21 m 11.6 s |
| declination | -23 ° 39 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) c: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 32 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 398 |
| Redshift | 0.009530 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (2857 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(125 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.4 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 26, 1895 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4538 • PGC 54776 • ESO 514-010 • MCG -04-36-013 • IRAS 15182-2328 • 2MASX J15211162-2339302 • SGC 151815-2328.7 • GALEX ASC J151836.83-240407.3 • LDCE 1117 NED004 | |
IC 4538 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 125 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5898 and NGC 5903 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on May 26, 1895 .