IC 4907
| Galaxy IC 4907 |
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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 56 m 13.0 s |
| declination | -52 ° 27 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 '× 0.4' |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.050221 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 15056 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(671 ± 47) · 10 6 ly (205.6 ± 14.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | August 31, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4907 • PGC 63831 • ESO 185-028 • 2MASX J19561307-5227143 • 2MASS J19561302-5227136 | |
IC 4907 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Telescope in the southern sky . It is about 671 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 light years .
The galaxies IC 4911 , IC 4915 , IC 4917 , IC 4918 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on August 31, 1904 .