IC 4748
| Galaxy IC 4748 |
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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 42 m 45.9 s |
| declination | -64 ° 04 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014450 ± 0.000140 |
| Radial velocity | 4332 ± 42 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(189 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.0 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | July 20, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4748 • PGC 62299 • ESO 103-053 • 2MASX J18424592-6404215 • LDCE 1323 NED025 | |
IC 4748 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated 189 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 4741 , IC 4742 , IC 4752 , IC 4755 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on July 20, 1901 .