PGC 44809
| Galaxy PGC 44809 |
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| Image of a section of the Coma cluster using the Hubble space telescope . The galaxies IC 4041, IC 4042 and PGC 44809 (from left to right) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 00 m 42.840 s |
| declination | + 2757 ° 47.20 ′ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.027906 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 8366 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(374 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (114.8 ± 8.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4042A • PGC 44809 • 2MASX J13004285 + 2757476 • 2MASS J13004284 + 2757472 • SDSS J130042.83 + 275747.1 | |
PGC 44809 (also IC 4042A ) is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 374 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is considered a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4906 , IC 4041 , IC 4042 , IC 4044 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2006bz was observed here.