 | The topic of this article may not meet Misplaced Pages's notability guideline for astronomical objects. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "IC 4481" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| IC 4481 | |
|---|---|
 IC 4481 captured by SDSS | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 14 40 10.11 |
| Declination | +16° 08′ 29.22″ |
| Redshift | 0.110727 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 33,195 km/s |
| Distance | 1.497 Gly (459 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.7 |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 16.5 |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S, SBbc |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.30′ × 0.2′ |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 1501729, 415654, ASK 678063.0 | |
IC 4481 is a type SBbc barred spiral galaxy located in Boötes. Its redshift is 0.110727, meaning IC 4481 is located 1.49 billion light-years away from Earth. It is one of the furthest objects in the Index Catalogue and has an apparent dimension of 0.30 x 0.2 arcmin. IC 4481 was discovered on May 10, 1904, by Royal Harwood Frost, who found it "faint, very small, round and diffuse".
See also
References
- "HyperLeda -object description". atlas.obs-hp.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- Lowrey, Jimi. "Chasing Billion Year Old Light" (PDF). Astronomy Mail.
- "IC 4481 - spiral galaxy. Description IC 4481". kosmoved.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- "Revised IC Data for IC 4481". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- "Index Catalog Objects: IC 4450 - 4499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
 | This spiral galaxy article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |