IC 4971

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Galaxy
IC 4971
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 20 h 17 m 02.8 s
declination -70 ° 37 ′ 15 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc  
Brightness  (visual) 15.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.1 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 'x 0.3'
Position angle 4 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014857 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity (4343 ± 45) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(194 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(59.5 ± 4.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date September 21, 1900
Catalog names
IC  4971 • PGC  64417 • ESO  073-031 • 2MASX  J20170278-7037157 • GALEX ASC J201703.06-703716.6 • LEDA 64417

IC 4971 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Peacock on southern sky . It is estimated to be 194 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly. a. the galaxies NGC 6872 , IC 4967 , IC 4970 , IC 4972 .

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 21, 1900 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4971
  3. Seligman