IC 4620

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Galaxy
IC 4620
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IC 4620 [1]
IC 4620
AladinLite
Constellation Hercules
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 48 m 30.040 s
declination + 19 ° 18 ′ 19.40 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) b  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.50 '× 0.3'
Position angle 100 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.034664 ± 0.000179  
Radial velocity 10,392 ± 54 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(470 ± 33)  x  10 6  ly
(144.1 ± 10.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal H. Frost
Discovery date July 17, 1903
Catalog names
IC  4620 • PGC  59034 • CGCG  110-010 • MCG  + 03-43-004 • 2MASX  J16483000 + 1918193 • GALEX ASC J164830.14 + 191819.3 • WISEA J164830.10 + 191819.2

IC 4620 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 470 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on July 17, 1903 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : IC 4620
  4. Seligman