IC 504

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Galaxy
IC 504
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 22 m 41.2 s
declination + 04 ° 15 ′ 45 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 140 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013883 ± 0.000070  
Radial velocity (4162 ± 21) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(180 ± 13)  x  10 6  ly
(55.1 ± 3.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date March 8, 1888
Catalog names
IC  504 • UGC  4372 • PGC  23495 • CGCG  032-008 • MCG  + 01-22-005 • 2MASX  J08224116 + 0415443 • LDCE 0567 NED004

IC 504 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Water Snake. It is estimated to be 180 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on March 8, 1888 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 504
  3. Seligman