IC 4938
| Galaxy IC 4938 |
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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 06 m 11.7 s |
| declination | -60 ° 12 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB (rs) off |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 'x 1.1' |
| Position angle | 29 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012479 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 3741 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(164 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (50.2 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | August 15, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4938 • PGC 64096 • ESO 143-007 • IRAS F20020-6021 • 2MASX J20061173-6012416 • SGC 200157-6021.2 • LDCE 1371 NED003 | |
IC 4938 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is an estimated 164 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy IC 4939 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on August 15, 1901 .