IC 4879
| Galaxy IC 4879 |
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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 39 m 36.4 s |
| declination | -52 ° 22 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 'x 0.4' |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017722 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 5313 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(235 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.1 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | August 31, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4879 • PGC 63480 • ESO 232-016 • IRAS 19357-5229 • 2MASX J19393646-5222075 • WISE A J193936.36-522207.6 • LDCE 1349 NED003 | |
IC 4879 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Teleskopium in the southern sky . It is an estimated 235 million light years away from the Milky Way and is about 65,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 4875 , IC 4876 , IC 4877 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on August 31, 1904 .