IC 5027
| Galaxy IC 5027 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Indus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 41 m 08.93 s |
| declination | -55 ° 28 ′ 19.6 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037029 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 11,101 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(493 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (151.3 ± 10.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal H. Frost |
| Discovery date | May 17, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5027 • PGC 65188 • ESO 186-074 • IRAS F20373-5539 • 2MASX J20410891-5528197 • 2MASS J20410894-5528193 • WISEA J204108.94-552819.1 | |
IC 5027 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Indians in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 493 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light-years across. Together with LEDA 409055 it forms an (optical) galaxy pair .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on May 17, 1904 .