IC 4664

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Galaxy
IC 4664
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 17 h 48 m 58.59 s
declination -63 ° 15 ′ 16.3 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SAB (r) b  
Brightness  (visual) 12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.80 'x 1.0'
Position angle 114 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated
NGC 6483 group
LGG 415  
Redshift 0.016797 ± 0.000027  
Radial velocity 5036 ± 8 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(220 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(67.5 ± 4.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date July 1901
Catalog names
IC  4664 • PGC  60907 • ESO  102-015 • IRAS  17442-6314 • 2MASX  J17485857-6315162 • SGC  174413-6314.3 • HIPASS J1748-63 • LDCE 1277 NED018 • 2MIG 2435

IC 4664 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is around 220 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 120,000 light years . It is a member of the four galaxy counting NGC 6483 group ( LGG 415 ).

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in July 1901 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4664
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman