IC 4894
| Galaxy IC 4894 |
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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 46 m 59.1 s |
| declination | -51 ° 50 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028123 ± 0.000230 |
| Radial velocity | 8431 ± 69 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(375 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (114.9 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | August 31, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4894 • PGC 63662 • ESO 232-025 N01 • IRAS 19431-5158 • 2MASX J19465918-5150476 • SGC 194309-5158.2 • 2MASS J19465916-5150473 | |
IC 4894 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Telescope in the southern sky . It is around 375 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 light years .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 4886 , IC 4897 , IC 4900 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on August 31, 1904 .