IC 5026

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Galaxy
IC 5026
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AladinLite
Constellation Octant
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 20 h 48 m 28.05 s
declination -78 ° 04 ′ 09.3 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 2.3 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 76 °
Surface brightness 14.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.009174 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 2750 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(117 ± 8)  ·  10 6  ly
(35.8 ± 2.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date September 22, 1900
Catalog names
IC  5026 • PGC  65426 • ESO  026-006 • 2MASX  J20482798-7804089 • SGC  204155-7815.2 • GALEX MSC J204826.90-780410.1 • HIPASS J2049-78

IC 5026 is a spiral galaxy in edge position of the Hubble type Scd in the constellation Octant in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 117 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 22, 1900 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5026
  3. ^ Aladin Lite
  4. Seligman