IC 4951
| Galaxy IC 4951 |
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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 09 m 31.8 s |
| declination | -61 ° 51 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) dm: sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.70 × 0.5 |
| Position angle | 176 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002669 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 800 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(32 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (9.9 ± 0.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | August 15, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4951 • PGC 64181 • ESO 143-010 • SGC 200511-6159.6 • | |
IC 4951 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBd in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 32 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 6860 , IC 4936 , IC 4953 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on August 15, 1901 .