IC 4877
| Galaxy IC 4877 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | telescope |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 19 h 37 m 55.9 s |
| declination | -51 ° 59 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 ^ 0 ^? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 82 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010781 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 3232 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(143 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (43.7 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | August 31, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4877 • PGC 63443 • ESO 232-014 • IRAS 19341-5206 • 2MASX J19375589-5159287 • SGC 193404-5206.2 • GALEX ASC J193755.75-515929.9 | |
IC 4877 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Teleskopium in the southern sky . It is an estimated 143 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 4875 , IC 4876 , IC 4879 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on August 31, 1904 .