IC 5052
| Galaxy IC 5052 |
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| Image of the center of the galaxy IC 5052 using the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 52 m 05.6 s |
| declination | -69 ° 12 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBd: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.90 × 0.9 |
| Position angle | 143 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.001948 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 584 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(21 ± 2) · 10 6 ly (6.55 ± 0.46) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | 23rd August 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5052 • PGC 65603 • ESO 074-015 • IRAS 20473-6923 • 2MASX J20520163-6911359 • SGC 204722-6923.5 • HIPASS J2052-69 • AM 2047-692 | |
IC 5052 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 21 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across. Five X-ray sources have so far been discovered in this galaxy .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 5055 .
The object was discovered on August 23, 1900 by the astronomer DeLisle Stewart and was later listed in his index catalog by Johan Dreyer .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- astronews.de: Picture of the day March 6, 2013