IC 4896
| Galaxy IC 4896 |
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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 49 m 04.9 s |
| declination | -58 ° 58 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa-b |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 7 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035014 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 10,497 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(466 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (142.8 ± 10) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | October 3, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4896 • PGC 63698 • ESO 142-045 • 2MASX J19490488-5858529 • 2MASS J19490494-5858532 | |
IC 4896 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 466 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on October 3, 1901 .