IC 2132

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Galaxy
IC 2132
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Constellation Hare
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 05 h 32 m 28.7 s
declination -13 ° 55 ′ 38 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sat  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 177 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.011201 ± 0.000020  
Radial velocity 3358 ± 6 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(144 ± 10)  ·  10 6  ly
(44.1 ± 3.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Herbert Alonzo Howe
Discovery date February 22, 1898
Catalog names
IC  2132 • PGC  17415 • MCG  -02-15-002 • IRAS  05301-1357 • 2MASX  J05322858-1355372 • LDCE 398 NED001

IC 2132 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Rabbit north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 144 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter. It may form a group with NGC 1954 and NGC 1957 .

The object was discovered by Herbert Howe on February 22nd, 1898 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 2132
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "IC 2132" overwrites the previously used key "IC2132".