Type | Galaxy |
---|---|
Magnitude | 11.63 |
Size | 5.62' x 1.58' @ 149° |
Right Ascension | 18h 34' 24.7" (2000) |
Declination | 58° 29' 48" S |
Constellation | Pavo |
Description | F, cL, E 150 degrees |
Classification | SBc |
Harold Corwin
There is no problem with the identity of this big, lovely, southern spiral. But it sits in front of a background group, one of which is a large elliptical ("IC 4721A") just a couple of arcmin to the southwest (this has been mistaken at the eyepiece at least once for IC 4721; see Corwin and Emerson, MNRAS 200, 621, 1982). There is another galaxy behind the western side of the galaxy -- in the optical, the object looks something like a peculiar arm segment of the larger, foreground spiral. But in the IR, the nucleus is actually brighter than that of IC 4721 itself. An interesting field.― IC Notes by Harold Corwin
HD 169836 | IC 4716 | IC 4717 |
IC 4718 | IC 4719 | IC 4720 |
IC 4722 | IC 4734 | IC 4736 |
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