IC 4943
| Galaxy IC 4943 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | telescope |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 06 m 28.2 s |
| declination | -48 ° 22 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 38 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Telescopium group NGC 6868 group LGG 430 |
| Redshift | 0.009904 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 2969 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(131 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (40.3 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | July 8, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4943 • PGC 64102 • ESO 233-028 • 2MASX J20062824-4822323 • SGC 200250-4831.1 • GALEX ASC J200628.21-482233.3 • LDCE 1388 NED002 | |
IC 4943 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Telescope in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 131 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 6851 , NGC 6861 , NGC 6868 , IC 4949 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on July 8, 1897 .