IC 2051
| Galaxy IC 2051 |
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| High-resolution image of the center, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Table Mountain |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 52 m 00.8 s |
| declination | -83 ° 49 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 67 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005847 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1753 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.6 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2051 • PGC 13999 • ESO 004-007 • IRAS 03583-8358 • 2MASX J03520081-8349503 • SGC 035824-8358.6 • HIPASS J0350-83 | |
IC 2051 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Table Mountain in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 70 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light-years across.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in December 1900 .