IC 2160
| Galaxy IC 2160 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Table Mountain |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 55 m 28.56 s |
| declination | -76 ° 55 ′ 12.9 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ':) SB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.10 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 107 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015809 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 4739 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(203 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.3 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | December 18, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2160 • PGC 18092 • ESO 033-032 • IRAS 05576-7655 • 2MASX J05552852-7655128 • SGC 055744-7655.5 • 2MASS J05552857-7655131 • HIPASS J0555-76 • WISEA J055528.68-765513.4 | |
IC 2160 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Table Mountain in the southern sky . It is an estimated 203 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.
The supernovae SN 2009J and SN 2009iw ( type Ia ) were observed here.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 18, 1900 .