IC 4618
| Galaxy IC 4618 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bird of paradise |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 57 m 50.01 s |
| declination | -76 ° 59 ′ 34.7 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 × 1.3 |
| Position angle | 118 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009952 ± 0.000032 |
| Radial velocity | 2984 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(127 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.8 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | July 23, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4618 • PGC 59325 • ESO 043-009 • IRAS 16506-7654 • 2MASX J16574998-7659348 • SGC 165041-7654.8 • HIPASS J1657-76 • LDCE 1237 NED001 | |
IC 4618 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Apus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 127 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on July 23, 1900 .