IC 4563

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Galaxy
IC 4563
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IC 4563 with LEDA 214393 [1] (r)
IC 4563 with LEDA 214393 (r)
AladinLite
Constellation Bear keeper
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 15 h 36 m 03.7 s
declination + 39 ° 49 ′ 53 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 165 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014307 ± 0.000161  
Radial velocity 4289 ± 48 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(198 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(60.6 ± 4.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date July 24, 1903
Catalog names
IC  4563 • PGC  55565 • CGCG  222-029 • MCG  + 07-32-033 • GALEX ASC J153603.59 + 394953.5

IC 4563 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Bear Keeper in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 198 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5966 , IC 4557 , IC 4560 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on July 24, 1903 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : IC 4563
  4. Seligman