IC 2046
| Galaxy IC 2046 |
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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 24.5 s |
| declination | -54 ° 40 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 104 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035098 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 10,522 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(462 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (141.8 ± 9.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2046 • PGC 14628 • ESO 157-007 • IRAS F04102-5448 • 2MASX J04112453-5440237 • GALEX ASC J041124.59-544023.9 | |
IC 2046 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Dorado in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 462 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 2044 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .