IC 2081

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Galaxy
IC 2081
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Constellation Swordfish
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 2081
  3. Seligman