IC 2038
| Galaxy IC 2038 |
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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 08 m 53.7 s |
| declination | -55 ° 59 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sd pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.80 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 142 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002375 +/- 0.000173 |
| Radial velocity | 712 +/- 52 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(24 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (7.42 ± 0.89) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 8, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2038 • PGC 14553 • ESO 157-001 • 2MASX J04085379-5559221 • SGC 040748-5607.5 • | |
IC 2038 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation Dorado at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 24 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 20,000 ly. Together with IC 2039 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound duo.
The galaxies NGC 1533 , NGC 1536 , IC 2032 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 8, 1899 .