IC 2004

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Galaxy
IC 2004
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Constellation Pendulum clock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 51 m 45.7 s
declination -49 ° 25 ′ 11 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sat  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 x 0.6
Position angle 46 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.003346 ± 0.000007  
Radial velocity 1003 ± 2 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(38 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(11.6 ± 0.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date December 6, 1899
Catalog names
IC  2001 • PGC  013986 • ESO  201-006 • GALEX ASC J035145.65-492510.4

IC 2004 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 38 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about> 10,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies IC 2000 and IC 2009 .

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 6, 1899 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 2004
  3. Seligman