IC 5023
| Galaxy IC 5023 |
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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 38 m 10.72 s |
| declination | -67 ° 11 ′ 04.7 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S (r) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 118 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.010724 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 3215 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(139 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (42.7 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5023 • PGC 65109 • ESO 106-008 • IRAS 20335-6721 • 2MASX J20381072-6711047 • 2MASS J20381069-6711045 • HIPASS J2037-67 • 2MIG 2813 | |
IC 5023 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is an estimated 139 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years across.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 24, 1900 .