IC 5012
| Galaxy IC 5012 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 29 m 32.0 s |
| declination | -56 ° 44 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 'x 0.5' |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021016 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 6300 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(279 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.5 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | May 17, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5012 • PGC 64802 • ESO 186-053 • 2MASX J20293194-5644354 • SGC 202537-5654.6 • HIPASS J2029-56 | |
IC 5012 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 279 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 17, 1904 .