IC 2050
| Galaxy IC 2050 |
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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 13 m 56.1 s |
| declination | -53 ° 28 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 23 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.041255 ± 0.000264 |
| Radial velocity | 12368 ± 79 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(545 ± 38) · 10 6 ly (167.1 ± 11.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2050 • PGC 14704/429559 • ESO 157-011 • IRAS F04126-5336 • 2MASX J04135610-5328312 • SGC 041243-5336.0 • GALEX ASC J041356.07-532832.9 | |
IC 2050 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Dorado in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 545 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 180,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 2043 and IC 2052 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .