IC 2106
| Galaxy IC 2106 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Digger |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 56 m 33.9 s |
| declination | -28 ° 30 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) from |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 × 0.9 |
| Position angle | 157 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016595 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 4975 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(216 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.1 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | December 26, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2106 • PGC 16373 • ESO 422-012 • MCG -05-12-011 • IRAS 04545-2834 • 2MASX J04563389-2830140 • SGC 45435-2834.8 • GALEXASC J045633.88-283014.5 | |
IC 2106 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Caelum in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 216 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years across .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on December 26, 1897 .