IC 4728

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Galaxy
IC 4728
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 18 h 37 m 57.00 s
declination -62 ° 31 ′ 51.3 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R'_2) SB (s) b  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 2.00 'x 0.7'
Position angle 173 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation IC 4765 group
LGG 422  
Redshift 0.015271 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 4578 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(200 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(61.4 ± 4.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date July 20, 1901
Catalog names
IC  4728 • PGC  62166 • ESO  103-034 • IRAS  18333-6234 • 2MASX  J18375700-6231511 • SGC  183316-6234.3 • 2MASS J18375698-6231513 • LDCE 1323 NED009 • WISEA J183756.95-623151.9

IC 4728 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 200 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter. Together with thirty other galaxies, it forms the IC 4765 group ( LGG 422 ).
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 4726 , IC 4727 , IC 4731 , IC 4737 .

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on July 20, 1901 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4728
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman