IC 5051
| Galaxy IC 5051 |
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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 52 m 22.6 s |
| declination | -71 ° 47 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 'x 0.4' |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.044050 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 13.206 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(585 ± 41) · 10 6 ly (179.3 ± 12.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | September 26, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5051 • PGC 65618 • ESO 074-014 • IRAS 20473-7158 • 2MASX J20522267-7147233 • 2MASS J20522251-7147246 • WISE A J205222.64-714723.8 | |
IC 5051 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 585 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 5044 , IC 5045 , IC 5048 , IC 5060 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 26, 1900 .