IC 2137
| Galaxy IC 2137 / IC 2138 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 34 m 21.7 s |
| declination | -23 ° 32 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) off |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 88 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005734 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (1719 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.4 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | December 1, 1897 December 26, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2137 • IC 2138 • PGC 17463 • ESO 487-027 • MCG -04-14-006 • 2MASX J05342166-2332001 • LDCE 0399 NED003 | |
IC 2137 = IC 2138 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Rabbit in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 70 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on December 1, 1897 .