IC 2029
| Galaxy IC 2029 |
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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 17.9 s |
| declination | -52 ° 48 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 178 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033517 ± 0.000667 |
| Radial velocity | 10,048 ± 200 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(442 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (135.4 ± 9.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2029 • PGC 14298 • ESO 156-033 • 2MASX J04011794-5248028 • SGC 040001-5256.4 • GALEX ASC J040118.06-524803.9 | |
IC 2029 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Dorado in the southern sky . It is an estimated 442 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1506 , IC 2021 , IC 2025 , IC 2028 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .