IC 5
| Galaxy IC 5 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 17 m 34.9 s |
| declination | -09 ° 32 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 x 0.6 |
| Position angle | 9 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022409 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 6718 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(303 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| diameter | 85,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5 • PGC 1145 • MCG -02-01-47 • IRAS 148-0951 • 2MASX J00173495-0932364 • | |
IC 5 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation whale around the celestial equator . It is about 303 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 light years.
The object was discovered on September 27, 1892 by Stéphane Javelle .