IC 5040
| Galaxy IC 5040 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Octant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 52 m 19.6 s |
| declination | -76 ° 41 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 'x 0.6' |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022035 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 6606 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(289 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.7 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | September 22, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5040 • PGC 65615 • ESO 047- G 014 • IRAS 20461-7652 • 2MASX J20521963-7641115 • GALEX ASC J205219.81-764109.3 | |
IC 5040 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sd in the constellation Octant in the southern sky . It is an estimated 289 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 22, 1900 .