IC 4617

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Hercules}}

{{Infobox galaxy|name=IC 4617|image=File:IC4617 - SDSS DR14.jpg|caption=Sloan Digital Sky Survey of spiral galaxy IC 4617|constellation name=Hercules|ra={{RA|16|42|08.06}}|dec={{DEC|+36|41|02.70}}|z=0.036467|h_radial_v=10,734 ± 3 km/s|group_cluster=Abell 2199|dist_ly=553 Mly (169.5 Mpc)|appmag_v=12.647|type=Sbc|size=115,000 ly|names=2MASX J16420807+3641025, SDSS J164208.06+364102.6, NSA 046415, UNAM-KIAS 1479, 2MASS J16420808+3641026, LEDA 2085077|epoch=J2000}}

IC 4617 is a type Sbc{{Cite web |title=HyperLeda -object description |url=http://atlas.obs-hp.fr/hyperleda/ledacat.cgi?o=Pgc%202085077 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=atlas.obs-hp.fr}} spiral galaxy located in the Hercules constellation.{{Cite web |title=IC 4617 - Spiral Galaxy in Hercules {{!}} TheSkyLive.com |url=https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ic4617-object |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=theskylive.com}} It is located 553 million light-years from the Solar System and has an estimated diameter of 115,000 light-years thus making it slightly larger compared to the Milky Way.{{Cite web |title=Your NED Search Results |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=3421793&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}} The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer, Edward Emerson Barnard or E. E. Barnard although no date of discovery was confirmed.{{Cite web |title=Index Catalog Objects: IC 4600 - 4649 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic46.htm#ic4617 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=cseligman.com}} IC 4617 is a member of Abell 2199{{Cite web |title=Webb Deep-Sky Society: Galaxy of the Month: Abell 2199 |url=https://www.webbdeepsky.com/galaxies/object?object=Abell+2199 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.webbdeepsky.com}}{{Cite journal |last1=Tamura |first1=Naoyuki |last2=Ohta |first2=Kouji |date=2003-08-01 |title=Color Gradients in Early-Type Galaxies in Abell2199 |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/376469/meta |journal=The Astronomical Journal |language=en |volume=126 |issue=2 |pages=596 |doi=10.1086/376469 |arxiv=astro-ph/0304404 |bibcode=2003AJ....126..596T |issn=1538-3881}} and happens to lie near towards the globular cluster, Messier 13.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=New Image: M 13 / NGC 6207 / IC 4617 |url=https://theskysearchers.com/viewtopic.php?p=270745 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=TheSkySearchers |language=en-gb}}