IC 4880
| Galaxy IC 4880 |
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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 40 m 30.9 s |
| declination | -56 ° 24 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_1) SAB (l) a: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 116 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017369 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 5207 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(230 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (70.5 ± 5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | October 3, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4880 • PGC 63508 • ESO 185-G010 • 2MASX J19403091-5624367 • SGC 193625-5631.5 • 2MASS J19403090-5624365 | |
IC 4880 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Telescope in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 230 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 115,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 4881 and IC 4883 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on October 3, 1901 .