IC 2032
| Galaxy IC 2032 |
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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 07 m 03.0 s |
| declination | -55 ° 19 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IAB (s) m pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 x 0.8 |
| Position angle | 78 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003564 ± 0.000024 |
| Radial velocity | 1068 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(40 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.3 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 8, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2032 • PGC 14481 • ESO 156-042 • SGC 040555-5527.5 • | |
IC 2032 is an irregular galaxy of the Hubble type IBm in the constellation Dorado in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 40 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 20,000 ly. In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1533 , IC 2038 , IC 2039 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 8, 1899 .