IC 2063
| Galaxy IC 2063 |
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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 22 m 40.3 s |
| declination | -15 ° 39 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037309 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 11,185 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(495 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (151.8 ± 10.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Herbert Alonzo Howe |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2063 • PGC 908152 • MCG -03-12-005 • IRAS F04204-1546 • 2MASX J04224035-1539374 • GALEX ASC J042240.28-153937.4 | |
IC 2063 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Eridanus at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 495 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1561 , NGC 1563 , NGC 1564 , IC 2064 , among others .
The object was discovered on January 14, 1898 by Herbert Alonzo Howe .