IC 4875

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Galaxy
IC 4875
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Constellation telescope
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 19 h 37 m 38.5 s
declination -52 ° 04 ′ 33 ″
Appearance
Morphological type In the? / pec  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.70 '× 0.4'
Position angle 73 °
Surface brightness 12.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.010697 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 3207 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(141 ± 10)  ·  10 6  ly
(43.3 ± 3.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal H. Frost
Discovery date August 31, 1904
Catalog names
IC  4875 • PGC  63433 • ESO  232-012 • 2MASX  J19373843-5204327 • SGC  193347-5211.2 • 2MASS J19373852-5204332 • HIPASS J1937-52

IC 4875 is an irregular galaxy of Hubble type in the constellation Teleskopium the southern sky . It is estimated to be 141 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 4876 , IC 4877 , IC 4879 .

The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on August 31, 1904 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4875
  3. Seligman