IC 2005

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Galaxy
IC 2005
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Perseus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 57 m 39.5 s
declination + 36 ° 47 ′ 15 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 x 0.1
Position angle 5 °
Surface brightness 11.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.019440 ± 0.000090  
Radial velocity 5828 ± 27 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(264 ± 19)  x  10 6  ly
(80.8 ± 5.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date January 18, 1898
Catalog names
IC  2005 • PGC  014168 • CGCG  526-015 • 2MASX  J03573954 + 3647149 • LDCE 293 NED008

IC 2005 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 264 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered on January 18, 1898 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 2005
  3. Seligman