IC 2028
| Galaxy IC 2028 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 01 m 18.2 s |
| declination | -52 ° 42 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 x 0.6 |
| Position angle | 53 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033240 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 9965 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(438 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (134.3 ± 9.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2028 • PGC 14299 • ESO 156-G032 • IRAS F04000-5250 • 2MASX J04011823-5242268 • SGC 040001-5250.8 • GALEX ASC J040118.23-524226.0 | |
IC 2028 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Dorado at the southern sky . It is an estimated 438 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1506 , IC 2023 , IC 2025 , IC 2029 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .