IC 4960
| Galaxy IC 4960 |
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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 23.9 s |
| declination | -70 ° 32 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0 ^ 0 ^: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 'x 0.3' |
| Position angle | 166 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011605 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 3368 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(150 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (46.1 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | September 21, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4960 • PGC 64363 • ESO 073-028 • 2MASX J20152387-7032159 • SGC 201011-7041.4 • GALEX ASC J201524.05-703214.2 • LDCE 1386 NED005 | |
IC 4960 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 150 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6872 , IC 4967 , IC 4970 , IC 4971 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 21, 1900 .