Celestial Atlas
(IC 4850 - 4899) <—     IC Objects: IC 4900 - 4949     —> (IC 4950 - 4999)
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Page last updated Jul 7, 2011
WORKING: Add positions/physical data (per Steinicke)
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IC 4900
A 16th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S) in
Telescopium (RA 19 50 22, Dec -51 20 45)
Distance (and therefore size) unknown.
Wikisky image of IC 4900

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IC 4945 (= PGC 64222)
Discovered (Sep 21, 1900) by
DeLisle Stewart (643)
A 14th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sb) in Pavo (RA 20 11 17.1, Dec -71 00 46)

Sometimes called NGC 6876A. About 1.2 by 0.3 arcmin.


IC 4946


IC 4947


IC 4948 (=
NGC 6902)
Discovered (Sep 2, 1836) by John Herschel (and later listed as NGC 6902)
Discovered (Sep 17, 1897) by Lewis Swift (XII-16) (and later listed as IC 4948)
An 11th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBa) in Sagittarius (RA 20 24 27.9, Dec -43 39 11)


IC 4949 (=
NGC 6861)
Discovered (Jul 30, 1826) by James Dunlop (and later listed as NGC 6861)
Discovered (Jul 8, 1897) by Lewis Swift (XI-189) (and later listed as IC 4949)
An 11th-magnitude lenticular galaxy (type E/S0) in Telescopium (RA 20 07 19.4, Dec -48 22 10)

Celestial Atlas
(IC 4850 - 4899) <—     IC Objects: IC 4900 - 4949     —> (IC 4950 - 4999)
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