IC 2068
| Galaxy IC 2068 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Digger |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 26 m 36.88 s |
| declination | -42 ° 05 ′ 37.4 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R '?) SA (rs) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014980 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 4491 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(193 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.3 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | December 9, 1895 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2068 • PGC 15106 • CGCG 303-017 • MCG -07-10-004 • IRAS F04249-4212 • 2MASX J04263689-4205372 • SGC 042459-4212.2 • 2MASS J04263686-4205374 • WISEA J042636.86-420537.4 • LDCE 302NED004 | |
IC 2068 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 / a in the constellation Caelum in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 193 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter. Together with LEDA 568379 it forms an (optical?) Pair of galaxies.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 1585 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on December 9, 1895 .