IC 2070
| Galaxy IC 2070 |
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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 24 m 35.69 s |
| declination | -57 ° 58 ′ 51.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 × 0.9 |
| Position angle | 185 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023443 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 7028 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(306 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (93.8 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2070 • PGC 15048 • ESO 118-023 • IRAS 04236-5805 • 2MASX J04243569-5758512 • SGC 042339-5805.6 • GALEX ASC J042435.66-575852.1 • WISEA J042435.66-575851.1 | |
IC 2070 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Swordfish in the southern sky . It is an estimated 306 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years across.
The type Ib / c supernova SN 2009if was observed here.
The property was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in 1899 .