IC 494

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Galaxy
IC 494
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SDSS image from IC 494
SDSS image from IC 494
AladinLite
Constellation Small dog
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 06 m 24.1 s
declination + 01 ° 02 ′ 10 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA0 ^ 0 ^  
Brightness  (visual) 13.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 50 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015367 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity (4607 ± 20) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(199 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(61.1 ± 4.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Guillaume Bigourdan
Discovery date December 12, 1888
Catalog names
IC  494 • UGC  4224 • PGC  22755 • CGCG  003-010 • MCG  + 00-21-004 • 2MASX  J08062413 + 0102097 •

IC 494 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Little Dog. It is estimated to be 199 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on December 12, 1888 by Guillaume Bigourdan .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 494
  3. Seligman