IC 4579

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Galaxy
IC 4579
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IC 4579 & IC 4577
IC 4579 & IC 4577
AladinLite
Constellation Snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 15 h 42 m 51.5 s
declination + 23 ° 46 ′ 23 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 66 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 583-005  
Redshift 0.023403 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity 7016 ± 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(318 ± 22)  ·  10 6  ly
(97.5 ± 6.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date April 7, 1900
Catalog names
IC  4579 • PGC  55852 • CGCG  136-063 • 2MASX  J15425152 + 2346234 • GALEX ASC J154251.54 + 234623.4 • USGC U719 NED01

IC 4579 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Serpens the northern sky . It is estimated to be 318 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly
. a. the galaxies IC 4573 , IC 4575 , IC 4576 , IC 4577 .

The object was discovered on April 7, 1900 by Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4579
  3. Seligman