IC 2041
| Galaxy IC 2041 |
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![IC 2041 with NGC 1532 & NGC 1531 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC_2041_DSS.jpg)
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| IC 2041 with NGC 1532 & NGC 1531 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 12 m 34.90 s |
| declination | -32 ° 49 ′ 02.5 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) 0 ^ 0 ^: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 136 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 1532 group LGG 111 |
| Redshift | 0.004203 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 1260 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(50 ± 4) x 10 6 ly (15.4 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2041 • PGC 14656 • ESO 359-028 • 2MASX J04123491-3249023 • SGC 041039-3256.6 • USGC S139 NED04 | |
IC 2041 is a lens-shaped dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 50 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light-years across . Together with nine other galaxies, it forms the NGC 1532 group ( LGG 111 ).
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1531 , NGC 1532 , IC 2040 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 29, 1897 .