IC 4878
Galaxy IC 4878 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | peacock |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 19 h 38 m 50.1 s |
declination | -58 ° 13 ′ 35 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S. |
Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.50 × 0.4 |
Position angle | 41 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.017221 ± 0.000038 |
Radial velocity | 5163 ± 11 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(228 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (69.8 ± 4.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
Discovery date | 17th September 1901 |
Catalog names | |
IC 4878 • PGC 63467 • ESO 142-029 • IRAS 19346-5820 • 2MASX J19385011-5813353 • HIPASS J1938-58 |
IC 4878 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Peacock on southern sky . It is an estimated 228 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 17, 1901 .