IC 2066
| Galaxy IC 2066 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 23 m 32.3 s |
| declination | -54 ° 44 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_2) SAB (s) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 x 0.6 |
| Position angle | 129 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038590 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 11569 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(509 ± 36) x 10 6 ly (156.1 ± 10.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2066 • PGC 15019 • ESO 042225-5450.9 • 2MASX J04233231-5444002 • | |
IC 2066 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Swordfish in the southern sky, which is an estimated 509 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899.