IC 4900
| Galaxy IC 4900 |
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| 2MASS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | telescope |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 19 h 50 m 22.1 s |
| declination | -51 ° 20 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | ? |
| Radial velocity | ? km / s |
| distance | ? pc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | August 31, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4900 • PGC 63718 • ESO 233-002 • 2MASX J19502212-5120450 • 2MASS J19502211-5120451 | |
IC 4900 (also IC 4900-1 ) is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Telescope in the southern sky . Together with PGC 63719 it forms an optical (?) Pair of galaxies.
The galaxies IC 4894 and IC 4897 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on August 31, 1904 by the American astronomer Royal Harwood Frost .