IC 2085
| Galaxy IC 2085 |
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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 31 m 24.2 s |
| declination | -54 ° 25 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^ / pec / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.30 'x 0.4' |
| Position angle | 119 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 1566 group |
| Redshift | 0.003276 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 982 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(36 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (11 ± 0.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2085 • PGC 015388 • ESO 157-038 • IRAS F04302-5431 • 2MASX J04312423-5425007 • SGC 043017-5431.4 • LDCE 0328 NED015 | |
IC 2085 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Dorado in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 36 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 25,000 ly. Together with NGC 1617 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The galaxies IC 2079 , IC 2082 , IC 2083 , IC 2086 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .