IC 4696
| Galaxy IC 4696 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 20 m 17.91 s |
| declination | -64 ° 44 ′ 02.7 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.40 'x 0.9' |
| Position angle | 77 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
IC 4765 group LGG 422 |
| Redshift | 0.015599 ± 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | 4676 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(204 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.6 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | July 19, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4696 • PGC 61750 • ESO 103-013 • IRAS 18153-6445 • 2MASX J18201792-6444025 • SGC 181523-6445.3 • GALEX ASC J182018.02-644401.9 • HIPASS J1820-64 • WISEA J182017.89-644403.1 • LDCE 1293 NED00 | |
IC 4696 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Peacock on southern sky . It is an estimated 204 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with PGC 320050 . It is considered a member of the 31 galaxies counting IC 4765 group ( LGG 422 ).
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on July 19, 1901 .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Aladin Lite: IC 4696