IC 4887
| Galaxy IC 4887 |
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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 48 m 21.3 s |
| declination | -69 ° 35 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) off |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 x 0.8 |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014707 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 4409 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(192 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (58.9 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | 20th September 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4887 • PGC 63681 • ESO 073-009 • 2MASX J19482143-6935141 • GALEX ASC J194820.95-693513.4 • LDCE 1365 NED001 | |
IC 4887 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 192 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 4892 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 20, 1900 .