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 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 = PGC 1501729, [TTL2012] 415654, ASK 678063.0

}}

IC 4481 is a type SBbc{{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}} barred spiral galaxy located in Boötes. Its redshift is 0.110727, meaning IC 4481 is located 1.49 billion light-years away from Earth.{{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}} It is one of the furthest objects in the Index Catalogue{{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}} and has an apparent dimension of 0.30 x 0.2 arcmin.{{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}}{{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}} IC 4481 was discovered on May 10, 1904, by Royal Harwood Frost, who found it "faint, very small, round and diffuse".{{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}}