IC 2007
| Galaxy IC 2007 / IC 2008 |
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| 2MASS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 55 m 22.7 s |
| declination | -28 ° 09 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) c: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 x 0.8 |
| Position angle | 52 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005047 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1513 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(62 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (19.1 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| diameter | 30,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 5, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2007/2008 • PGC 14106/14110 • ESO 419-G011 • MCG -05-10-005 • IRAS 3533-2818 • 2MASX J03552274-2809299 • SGC 035319-2818.3 • LDCE 251 NED059 | |
IC 2007 = IC 2008 is a spiral dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 62 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on October 5, 1896 .