IC 2101
| Galaxy IC 2101 |
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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 51 m 42.2 s |
| declination | -06 ° 13 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 147 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 1667 group LGG 118 |
| Redshift | 0.015087 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4523 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(198 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.7 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Isaac Roberts |
| Discovery date | February 17, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2101 • PGC 16187 • MCG -01-13-024 • IRAS 4492-0618 • 2MASX J04514224-0613532 • LDCE 312 NED037 | |
IC 2101 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Eridanus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 198 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 1666 , NGC 1667 , NGC 1681 , IC 2098 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Isaac Roberts on February 17, 1903 .