IC 2082
| Galaxy IC 2082 |
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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 07.6 s |
| declination | -53 ° 49 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / pec / WLRG |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 136 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.041200 |
| Radial velocity | 12,351 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(544 ± 38) · 10 6 ly (166.8 ± 11.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2082 • PGC 15239 • ESO 157-035 • 2MASX J04290824-5349403 • SGC 042758-5356.1 • | |
IC 2082 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Dorado in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 544 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 210,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 2079 , IC 2081 , IC 2083 , IC 2086 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .