IC 4878
| Galaxy IC 4878 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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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 |
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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 .