IC 4730

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Galaxy
IC 4730
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 18 h 38 m 50.17 s
declination -63 ° 20 ′ 59.7 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) 0+:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.40 'x 0.7'
Position angle 152 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014864 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 4456 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(195 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(59.7 ± 4.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date July 20, 1901
Catalog names
IC  4730 • PGC  62192 • ESO  103-038 • IRAS  18339-6323 • 2MASX  J18385016-6320597 • SGC  183405-6323.7 • 2MASS J18385018-6320594 • LDCE 1323 NED012 • WISEA J183850.15-632059.6

IC 4730 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 195 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light-years across.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 4726 , IC 4727 , IC 4731 , IC 4735 .

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 4730
  3. Seligman