IC 2043
| Galaxy IC 2043 |
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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 11 m 09.4 s |
| declination | -53 ° 41 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039250 +/- 0.000294 |
| Radial velocity | 11767 +/- 88 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(518 ± 37) · 10 6 Lj (158.9 ± 11.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2043 • PGC 14623 • ESO 157-004 • IRAS F04099-5348 • 2MASX J04110945-5341121 • SGC 040957-5348.9 • | |
IC 2043 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Dorado in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 518 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 220,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 2033 , IC 2044 , IC 2046 , IC 2050 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .