IC 4576

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Galaxy
IC 4576
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IC4576 - SDSS DR14.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 15 h 42 m 35.5 s
declination + 23 ° 40 ′ 12 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 63 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 583-003  
Redshift 0.022459 ± 0.000063  
Radial velocity 6733 ± 19 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(305 ± 22)  ·  10 6  ly
(93.6 ± 6.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date July 15, 1903
Catalog names
IC  4576 • PGC  55840 • CGCG  136-059 • 2MASX  15423550 + 2340124 • GALEX ASC J154235.40 + 234013.2 • LDCE 1147 NED001

IC 4576 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Snake in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 305 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly
. a. the galaxies IC 4573 , IC 4575 , IC 4577 , IC 4579 .

The object was discovered on July 15, 1903 by Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4576
  3. Seligman