IC 4911

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Galaxy
IC 4911
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Constellation telescope
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 19 h 57 m 41.8 s
declination -51 ° 59 ′ 11 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0:  
Brightness  (visual) 15.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.60 'x 0.5'
Position angle 135 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.033543 ± 0.000137  
Radial velocity 10,056 ± 41 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(447 ± 31)  ·  10 6  ly
(137.2 ± 9.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal H. Frost
Discovery date August 31, 1904
Catalog names
IC  4911 • PGC  63877 • ESO  233-009 • 2MASX  J19574185-5159113 • GALEX ASC J195741.87-515910.9

IC 4911 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Telescope in the southern sky . It is about 447 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 4907 , 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 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4911
  3. Seligman