IC 4614

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Galaxy
IC 4614
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IC 4614 with LEDA 2075499 (o) [1]
IC 4614 with LEDA 2075499 (o)
AladinLite
Constellation Hercules
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 37 m 47.182 s
declination + 36 ° 06 ′ 54.01 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab / LINER  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 × 0.6
Position angle 83 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 621  
Redshift 0.032799 ± 0.000100  
Radial velocity 9833 ± 30 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(446 ± 31)  ·  10 6  ly
(136.8 ± 9.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Guillaume Bigourdan
Discovery date June 28, 1895
Catalog names
IC  4614 • PGC  58641 • CGCG  196-087 • MCG  + 06-36-057 • 2MASX  J16374718 + 3606543 • 2MASS J16374717 + 3606540 ​​• GALEX ASC J163747.02 + 360652.8 • NSA 046386

IC 4614 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Hercules. It is an estimated 446 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6196 , NGC 6197 , IC 4615 , IC 4616 .

The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on June 28, 1895 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4614
  4. Seligman