IC 2015

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Galaxy
IC 2015
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Constellation Pendulum clock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 58 m 11.42 s
declination -40 ° 23 ′ 20.9 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.053534 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 16,049 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(711 ± 50)  x  10 6  ly
(217.9 ± 15.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date 1899
Catalog names
IC  2015 • PGC  014184 • ESO  302-022 • IRAS  F03564-4031 • 2MASX  J03581143-4023205 • GALEX ASC J035811.40-402319.5 • WISEA J035811.41-402321.7

IC 2015 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Horologium in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 711 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years across.

The property was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 1899 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 2015
  3. Seligman