IC 4660

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Galaxy
IC 4660
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Constellation Little Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 17 h 21 m 45.2 s
declination + 75 ° 50 ′ 55 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 170 °
Surface brightness 12.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 410  
Redshift 0.004146 +/- 0.000013  
Radial velocity 1243 +/- 4 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(64 ± 5)  ·  10 6  ly
(19.6 ± 1.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Isaac Roberts
Discovery date September 11, 1895
Catalog names
IC  4660 • UGC  10848 • PGC  60124 • CGCG  355-032 • MCG  + 13-12-023 • IRAS  19296 + 3546 • 2MASX  J17214521 + 7550552 •

IC 4660 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Little Bear. It is estimated to be 64 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by astronomer Isaac Roberts on September 11, 1895 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4660
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman