IC 2056
| Galaxy IC 2056 |
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| Image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | network |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 16 m 24.5 s |
| declination | -60 ° 12 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003779 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 1133 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(43 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.1 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Robert Innes |
| Discovery date | 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2056 • PGC 14773 • ESO 118-016 • IRAS 04155-6019 • 2MASX J04162454-6012246 • SGC 041535-6019.7 • GALEX ASC J041624.56-601222.8 • LDCE 328 NED008 | |
IC 2056 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Reticulum in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 43 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 ly in diameter.
The property was discovered by Robert Innes in 1898 .