IC 2081
| Galaxy IC 2081 |
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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 29 m 00.9 s |
| declination | -53 ° 36 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0-? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 92 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | IC 2082 group |
| Redshift | 0.042489 ± 0.000137 |
| Radial velocity | 12,738 ± 41 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(561 ± 39) · 10 6 ly (172.1 ± 12.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2081 • PGC 15231 • 15272 • ESO 157-034 • 2MASX J04290090-5336493 • SGC 042751-5343.3 • | |
IC 2081 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Dorado in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 561 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 135,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 2079 , IC 2082 , IC 2083 , IC 2086 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .