IC 2080
| Galaxy IC 2080 |
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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 31 m 52.1 s |
| declination | -05 ° 45 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013790 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 4134 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(181 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (55.5 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Herbert A. Howe |
| Discovery date | January 31, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2080 • PGC 15426 • IRAS 04294-0551 • 2MASX J04315214-0545247 • GALEX ASC J043152.14-054523.5 • LDCE 0312 NED014 | |
IC 2080 is a lenticular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 181 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 25,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1594 , NGC 1600 , NGC 1603 , NGC 1604 , among others .
The object was discovered on January 31, 1900 by Herbert Alonzo Howe .