IC 4579
| Galaxy IC 4579 |
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| IC 4579 & IC 4577 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .