IC 2016

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Galaxy
IC 2016
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Constellation bull
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 01 m 59.87 s
declination + 20 ° 14 ′ 25.6 ″
Appearance
Morphological type C.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 x 0.2
Position angle 5 °
Surface brightness 11.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.021822 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity 6542 ± 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(293 ± 21)  x  10 6  ly
(89.9 ± 6.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Edward Barnard
Catalog names
IC  2016 • PGC  014322 • CGCG  466-006 • 2MASX  J04015988 + 2014255 • 2MASS J04015986 + 2014255 • WISEA J040159.85 + 201424.2 • AGC 130366

IC 2016 is a Lenticular Galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Taurus on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 293 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years across. In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 358 .

The object was discovered by Edward Barnard .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 2016
  3. Seligman