IC 4633

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Galaxy
IC 4633
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Constellation Bird of paradise
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 17 h 13 m 47.04 s
declination -77 ° 32 ′ 10.3 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (r) d  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 4.00 'x 3.0'
Position angle 145 °
Surface brightness 15.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.009800 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity 2938 ± 9 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(125 ± 9)  x  10 6  ly
(38.2 ± 2.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date 17th August 1900
Catalog names
IC  4633 • PGC  59884 • ESO  044-003 • IRAS  17062-7728 • 2MASX  J17134699-7732102 • SGC  170619-7728.5 • WISEA J171347.04-773210.0 • LDCE 1237 NED002 • KTS 54A

IC 4633 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation bird of paradise on southern sky . It is estimated to be 125 million light years from the Milky Way and about 155,000 light years in diameter. Together with IC 4635 and PGC 60085 , it forms the isolated, gravitationally bound galaxy trio KTS 54 .

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on August 17, 1900 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4633
  3. Seligman