IC 5002
| Galaxy IC 5002 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | telescope |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 26 m 39.89 s |
| declination | -54 ° 47 ′ 58.9 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 92 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015384 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 4612 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(204 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.5 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | May 17, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5002 • PGC 64695 • ESO 186-044 • 2MASX J20263988-5447588 • SGC 202249-5457.9 • 2MASS J20263990-5447590 • GALEX ASC J202639.61-544800.2 • LDCE 1383 NED036 | |
IC 5002 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Telescopium in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 204 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter. Possibly a gravitationally bound galaxy pair forms together with IC 5001 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 17, 1904 .