IC 2097
| Galaxy IC 2097 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
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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 |
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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 .