IC 4958
| Galaxy IC 4958 |
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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 15 m 35.3 s |
| declination | -72 ° 42 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 '× 0.3' |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013286 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (3864 ± 11) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(173 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.9 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | September 21, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4958 • PGC 64370 • ESO 046-007 • 2MASX J20153537-7242402 • HIPASS J2016-72 • LEDA 64370 | |
IC 4958 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 173 million light years from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 21, 1900 .