IC 2006
| Galaxy IC 2006 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 54 m 28.4 s |
| declination | -35 ° 58 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004610 ± 0.000011 |
| Radial velocity | 1382 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(56 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.1 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 3, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2006 • PGC 14077 • ESO 359-007 • MCG -06-09-037 • 2MASX J03542842-3558017 • SGC 035236-3606.8 • GALEX ASC J035428.47-355802.8 • LDCE 249 NED043 | |
IC 2006 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 56 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 3, 1897 .