IC 4953
Galaxy IC 4953 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | peacock |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 20 h 09 m 59.9 s |
declination | -62 ° 47 ′ 32 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S. |
Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.35 ′ |
Position angle | 69 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.030898 ± 0.000150 |
Radial velocity | 9263 ± 45 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(410 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (125.8 ± 8.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
Discovery date | September 1901 |
Catalog names | |
IC 4953 • PGC 64193 • ESO 105-027 • IRAS F20054-6256 • 2MASX J20095989-6247320 • |
IC 4953 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is an estimated 410 million light-years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light-years across . In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 4951 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in September 1901 .