IC 2556
| Galaxy IC 2556 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 12 m 37.6 s |
| declination | -34 ° 43 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rs) d |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.00 × 1.0 |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008362 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2507 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(102 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.3 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2556 • PGC 29727 • ESO 374-042 • MCG -06-23-012 • 2MASX J10123762-3443440 • SGC 101025-3428.9 • | |
IC 2556 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SAB (rs) d in the constellation Antila in the southern sky , which is an estimated 102 million light years away from the Milky Way . The galaxies IC 2552 , IC 2558 , IC 2559 lie in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on May 1, 1900 .