IC 2086
| Galaxy IC 2086 |
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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 32.2 s |
| declination | -53 ° 38 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 'x 0.4' |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.042303 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 12,682 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(559 ± 39) · 10 6 Lj (171.3 ± 12) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2086 • PGC 015392 • ESO 157-040 • 2MASX J04313219-5338514 • | |
IC 2086 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Dorado in the southern sky . It is estimated 559 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 2079 , IC 2081 , IC 2082 , IC 2083 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .