IC 4884
| Galaxy IC 4884 |
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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 42 m 41.1 s |
| declination | -58 ° 07 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SA (rl) 0 ^ + |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 166 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014917 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 4472 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(197 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.3 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | 17th September 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4884 • PGC 63546 • ESO 142-033 • IRAS F19384-5814 • 2MASX J19424107-5807426 • GALEX ASC J194241.18-580740.7 • LDCE 1323 NED097 | |
IC 4884 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 197 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 6810 and IC 4878 , among others .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 17, 1901 .