IC 2073
| Galaxy IC 2073 |
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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 26 m 33.8 s |
| declination | -53 ° 11 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) cd? / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 × 0.5 |
| Position angle | 49 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013249 ± 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | 3972 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(170 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.0 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2073 • PGC 15102 • ESO 157-029 • IRAS 04253-5317 • 2MASX J04263383-5311145 • SGC 042522-5317.9 • GALEX ASC J042633.71-531116.1 • HIPASS J0426-53 | |
IC 2073 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Swordfish in the southern sky . It is an estimated 170 million light-years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2071 , IC 2079 , IC 2081 , IC 2082 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .