IC 4749

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Galaxy
IC 4749
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 18 h 42 m 49.5 s
declination -63 ° 12 ′ 30 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′
Surface brightness 12.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 422  
Redshift 0.014460 ± 0.000120  
Radial velocity 4335 ± 36 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(189 ± 13)  ·  10 6  ly
(58.1 ± 4.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date July 20, 1901
Catalog names
IC  4749 • PGC  62300 • ESO  103-054 • 2MASX  J18424946-6312305 • LDCE 1323 NED026

IC 4749 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 40,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies IC 4742 , IC 4744 , IC 4750 , IC 4755 .

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

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 4749
  3. Seligman