IC 2037

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Galaxy
IC 2037
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Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 04 h 08 m 19.0 s
declination -58 ° 45 ′ 04 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.6 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 92 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.027769 +/- 0.000103  
Radial velocity 8325 +/- 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(364 ± 25)  x  10 6  ly
(111.7 ± 7.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date December 8, 1899
Catalog names
IC  2037 • PGC  14521 • ESO  118-001 • IRAS  04073-5852 • 2MASX  J04081898-5845042 • SGC  040723-5852.9 • LEDA 14521

IC 2037 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Reticulum in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 364 million light years from the Milky Way and about 175,000 ly in diameter.

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 8, 1899 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 2037
  3. Seligman