IC 4182
galaxy
IC 4182 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy lies about 14 million light years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that IC 4182 is approximately 28,000 light years across. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 21 March 1903.
IC 4182 is seen nearly face-on. It has a low surface brightness disk with patch of star formation and no spiral pattern. The galaxy is close enough for its brightest stars to be resolvable through large telescopes, having a photometric blue filter apparent magnitude of 19.2, and a visual magnitude of around 20 for the brightest blue stars and around 21 for the brightest red stars. The density of ultraviolet sources decreases monotonically with radius.
The galaxy is considered to be a member of the M94 Group, while Garcia considered the galaxy to be a member of the LGG 334 group, along with NGC 5005 and NGC 5033.
Supernova
One supernova has been observed in IC 4182: SN 1937C (Type Ia, mag. 8.4) was discovered by Fritz Zwicky on 24 August 1937.
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