IC 2064
| Galaxy IC 2064 |
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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 23 m 26.739 s |
| declination | -15 ° 41 ′ 06.60 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031832 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 9543 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(422 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (129.3 ± 9.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Herbert Alonzo Howe |
| Discovery date | 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2064 • PGC 146225 • 2MASX J04232671-1541070 • 2MASS J04232674-1541066 • GALEX ASC J042326.77-154105.2 • WISEA J042326.75-154106.4 | |
IC 2064 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 422 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 1561 , NGC 1563 , NGC 1564 , NGC 1565 .
The property was discovered by Herbert Alonzo Howe in 1899 .