IC 2057
| Galaxy IC 2057 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | bull |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 21 m 56.1 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 02 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 × 0.6 |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024504 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 7346 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(326 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.0 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 29, 1894 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2057 • PGC 14962 • CGCG 419-002 • IRAS 04192 + 0355 • 2MASX J04215608 + 0402552 • GALEX ASC J042156.16 + 040254.9 • LDCE 298 NED004 | |
IC 2057 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Taurus on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 326 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 363 , IC 364 , IC 365 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 29, 1894 .