IC 2541
| Galaxy IC 2541 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 05 m 48.0 s |
| declination | -17 ° 26 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA: (r) b / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 'x 0.5' |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016598 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 4976 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(214 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.5 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | May 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2541 • PGC 29309 • MCG -03-26-017 • 2MASX J10054801-1726041 • NVSS J100547-172607 • LDCE 703 NED002 | |
IC 2541 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 214 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in May 1900 .