IC 4936
| Galaxy IC 4936 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 05 m 52.2 s |
| declination | -61 ° 25 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) d: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.50 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013042 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 3910 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(171 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.5 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | August 15, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4936 • PGC 64088 • ESO 143-006 • IRAS F20015-6134 • 2MASX J20055217-6125428 • SGC 200133-6134.2 • GALEX MSC J200551.53-612540.5 | |
IC 4936 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBd in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 171 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 6860 , IC 4939 , IC 4951 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on August 15, 1901 .