IC 4906
| Galaxy IC 4906 |
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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 56 m 47.6 s |
| declination | -60 ° 28 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rl) 0 ^ 0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.60 'x 0.9' |
| Position angle | 69 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.012562 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 3766 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(165 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (50.6 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | August 14, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4906 • PGC 63849 • ESO 142-057 • 2MASX J19564754-6028049 • GALEX ASC J195647.61-602806.3 • LDCE 1371 NED002 • 2MIG 2716 | |
IC 4906 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is around 165 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 light years .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 4905 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on August 14, 1901 .