IC 4973
| Galaxy IC 4973 |
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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 14 m 34.1 s |
| declination | -58 ° 22 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S + |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 107 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038270 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 11,473 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(510 ± 36) · 10 6 ly (156.3 ± 11.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | October 3, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4973 • PGC 64337 • ESO 143-015 • 2MASX J20143413-5822159 • GALEX ASC J201433.83-582215.3 | |
IC 4973 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Peacock on southern sky . It is estimated to be 510 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy IC 4980 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on October 3, 1901 .