IC 2097
Galaxy IC 2097 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 04 h 50 m 24.2 s |
declination | -05 ° 04 ′ 52 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | IBm: / sp |
Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
Position angle | 120 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC 1667 group LGG 118 |
Redshift | 0.016475 ± 0.000037 |
Radial velocity | 4939 ± 11 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(217 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (66.4 ± 4.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Isaac Roberts |
Discovery date | February 17, 1903 |
Catalog names | |
IC 2097 • PGC 16134 • 2MASX J04502424-0504527 • |
IC 2097 is an irregular galaxy of Hubble type Irr in the constellation Eridanus south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 217 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2095 , IC 2098 , IC 2099 , IC 2102 .
The object was discovered by Isaac Roberts on February 17, 1903 .