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Galaxy located in Corona Borealis
IC 4539
Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of IC 4539
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCorona Borealis
Right ascension15h 18m 31.15s
Declination+32d 23m 34.27s
Redshift0.061307
Heliocentric radial velocity18,365 km/s
Distance845 Mly (259.1 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)16.3
Apparent magnitude (B)15.5
Surface brightness13.4
Characteristics
TypeSB?, SABb
Apparent size (V)0.40' x 0.4'
Other designations
MCG +06-34-003, PGC 54642, SIT 0129-1, IRAS F15165+3234

IC 4539 is a type SABb intermediate spiral galaxy located in Corona Borealis. Its redshift is 0.061307, which corresponds IC 4539 to be 845 million light-years from Earth. It has an apparent dimension of 0.40 x 0.4 arcmin, meaning the galaxy is about 95,000 light-years across. IC 4539 was discovered by Stephane Javelle on June 23, 1903, who found it "as faint, small, round with a very brighter middle."

References

  1. "HyperLeda -object description". atlas.obs-hp.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  2. "IC 4539 - spiral galaxy with bar. Description IC 4539:". kosmoved.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  4. "Revised IC Data for IC 4539". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  5. "Index Catalog Objects: IC 4500 - 4549". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  6. "List of NGC/IC observers". www.klima-luft.de. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
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