IC 2045
| Galaxy IC 2045 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 14 m 36.0 s |
| declination | -13 ° 10 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 / S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030348 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 9098 ± 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(402 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (123.4 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Herbert A. Howe |
| Discovery date | January 20, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2045 • PGC 14722 • MCG -02-11-027 • 2MASX J04143599-1310289 • GALEX ASC J041435.99-131030.8 • LDCE 296 NED002 | |
IC 2045 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 402 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1535 and NGC 1538 .
The object was discovered on January 20, 1900 by Herbert Alonzo Howe .