IC 5017

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Galaxy
IC 5017
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Constellation Indus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 20 h 32 m 03.8 s
declination -57 ° 35 ′ 16 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R_1) SAB (rl) 0:  
Brightness  (visual) 14 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 15 likes
Angular expansion 1.00 'x 0.6'
Position angle 5 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.025174 ± 0.000087  
Radial velocity 7547 ± 26 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(334 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(102.5 ± 7.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal Harwood Frost
Discovery date May 17, 1904
Catalog names
IC  5017 • PGC  64902 • ESO  143-029 • 2MASX  J20320390-5735152 • SGC  202806-5745.5 • 2MASS J20320388-5735155

IC 5017 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / r in the constellation Indians in the southern sky . It is an estimated 334 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.

The Type Ia supernova SN 2002dm was observed here.

The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 17, 1904 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 5017
  3. Seligman