IC 4597
| Galaxy IC 4597 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Scorpio |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 17 m 39.7 s |
| declination | -34 ° 21 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 'x 1.0' |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014487 ± 0.000024 |
| Radial velocity | 4343 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(192 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.8 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | July 16, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4597 • PGC 57746 • ESO 390-002 • IRAS 16144-3414 • 2MASX J16173974-3421572 • GALEX ASC J161739.81-342155.5 | |
IC 4597 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Scorpio in the southern sky . It is an estimated 192 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on July 16, 1903 .