IC 4548
| Galaxy IC 4548 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Northern crown |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 27 m 24.0 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 50 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 'x 0.3' |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2079 |
| Redshift | 0.064695 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 19,395 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(871 ± 61) · 10 6 ly (267.1 ± 18.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 24, 1895 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4548 • PGC 55136 • 2MASX J15272399 + 2850593 • | |
IC 4548 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Corona Borealis in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 871 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 4546 and IC 4547 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on July 24, 1895 .