IC 4697
| Galaxy IC 4697 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 12 m 26.91 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 25 ′ 37.9 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 653 |
| Redshift | 0.016355 ± 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 4903 ± 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(227 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (69.6 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 29, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4697 • PGC 61560 • CGCG 142-023 • MCG + 04-43-013 • 2MASX J18122689 + 2525373 • GALEX ASC J181226.75 + 252539.1 • WISEA J181226.93 + 252538.6 • LDCE 1290 NED006 | |
IC 4697 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S with an active galaxy core in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 227 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with PGC 61565 .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6581 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on July 29, 1903 .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Aladin Lite: IC 4697