IC 4481

{{Short description|Galaxy in the Boötes constellation}} {{notability|astro|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox galaxy | name = IC 4481 | image = File:IC4481 - SDSS DR14.jpg|caption=IC 4481 captured by [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] | constellation name = [[Boötes]] | epoch = J2000 | ra = {{RA|14|40|10.11}} | dec = {{DEC|+16|08|29.22}} | z = 0.110727 | h_radial_v = {{val|33195|u=km/s|fmt=commas}} | dist_ly = {{cvt|1.497|Gly|Mpc|lk=on}} | appmag_b = 16.5 | appmag_v = 15.7 | sbrightness = 12.5 | type = S, SBbc | size_v = {{val|0.30|x|0.2|ul=arcminute}} | names = [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 1501729, [TTL2012] 415654, ASK 678063.0 }}

'''IC 4481''' is a type SBbc<ref>{{Cite web |title=HyperLeda -object description |url=http://atlas.obs-hp.fr/hyperleda/ledacat.cgi?o=IC%204481 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=atlas.obs-hp.fr}}</ref> [[barred spiral galaxy]] located in [[Boötes]]. Its [[redshift]] is 0.110727, meaning IC 4481 is located 1.49 billion [[light-year]]s away from [[Earth]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Your NED Search Results |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=2610669&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}}</ref> It is one of the furthest objects in the [[Index Catalogue]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowrey |first=Jimi |title=Chasing Billion Year Old Light |url=https://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/Farout%20NGC-IC.pdf |access-date= |website=Astronomy Mail}}</ref> and has an apparent [[dimension]] of 0.30 x 0.2 [[Minute and second of arc|arcmin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=IC 4481 - spiral galaxy. Description IC 4481 |url=https://kosmoved.ru/get_ngcic.php?ID=IC_4481&lang=eng |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=kosmoved.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Revised IC Data for IC 4481 |url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?IC%204481 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=spider.seds.org}}</ref> IC 4481 was discovered on May 10, 1904, by [[Royal Harwood Frost]], who found it "faint, very small, round and diffuse".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Index Catalog Objects: IC 4450 - 4499 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic44a.htm#ic4481 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=cseligman.com}}</ref>

== See also == * [[List of the most distant astronomical objects]]

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:IC objects|4481]] [[Category:Barred spiral galaxies]] [[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|1501729]] [[Category:Boötes]] [[Category:Discoveries by Royal Harwood Frost]] [[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1904]]