IC 4160 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Coma Berenices |
Right ascension | 13h 04m 48.06s |
Declination | +22d 53m 32.88s |
Redshift | 0.061443 |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 18,426 km/s |
Distance | 846 Mly (259.5 Mpc) |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 16.5 |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 17.3 |
Surface brightness | 13.6 |
Characteristics | |
Type | S |
Apparent size (V) | 0.40' x 0.2 |
Other designations | |
IRAS 13023+2309, PGC 1677859, NGP9 F379-0520876, NVSS J130448+225337 |
IC 4160, also known as PGC 1677859,[1] is a spiral galaxy located in Coma Berenices. Its redshift is 0.061443,[2] which corresponds IC 4160 to be 846 million light-years from Earth.[3] It has an apparent dimension of 0.40 x 0.2 arcmin, meaning the galaxy is 99,000 light-years across.[4] IC 4160 was discovered by Max Wolf on January 27, 1904.[5][6]