IC 4985

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Galaxy
IC 4985
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 20 h 20 m 44.0 s
declination -70 ° 59 ′ 13 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 'x 0.6'
Position angle 66 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014817 ± 0.000117  
Radial velocity 4442 ± 35 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(193 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(59.3 ± 4.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date September 21, 1900
Catalog names
IC  4985 • PGC  64505 • ESO  073-040 • 2MASX  J20204401-7059130 • GALEX ASC J202044.05-705912.8 • LDCE 1386 NED011

IC 4985 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 193 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light-years across.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 6877 , NGC 6880 , IC 4981 , IC 4982 , among others .

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 4985
  3. Seligman