IC 2059
| Galaxy IC 2059 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 20 m 26.3 s |
| declination | -31 ° 43 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 172 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009443 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 2831 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(120 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (36.9 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 29, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2059 • PGC 14910 • ESO 420-017 • MCG -05-11-007 • 2MASX J04202629-3143286 • SGC 041830-3150.6 • | |
IC 2059 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 120 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 29, 1897 .