IC 2025

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Galaxy
IC 2025
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Constellation network
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 00 m 23.2 s
declination -53 ° 03 ′ 56 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb:  
Brightness  (visual) 15.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.10 x 0.2
Position angle 120 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.043357 ± 0.000294  
Radial velocity (12,998 ± 88) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(573 ± 40)  ·  10 6  ly
(175.8 ± 12.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date December 7, 1899
Catalog names
IC  2025 • PGC  14257 • 2MASX  J04002318-5303564 • SGC  035907-5312.3 • GALEX ASC J040023.00-530355.0

IC 2025 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Reticulum in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 573 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 185,000 ly. In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies IC 2023 , IC 2024 , IC 2028 , IC 2029 .

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 2025
  3. Seligman