IC 4764

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Galaxy
IC 4764
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 18 h 47 m 07.6 s
declination -63 ° 29 ′ 04 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sat  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 127 °
Surface brightness 12.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 423  
Redshift 0.012062 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 3616 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(157 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(48.2 ± 3.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date July 20, 1901
Catalog names
IC  4764 • PGC  62396 • ESO  104-004 • 2MASX  J18470755-6329042 • LDCE 1323 NED037

IC 4764 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 157 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 4765 , IC 4766 , IC 4767 , IC 4770 are in the same region of the sky .

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 (NED)
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4764
  3. Seligman