IC 5054
| Galaxy IC 5054 |
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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 53 m 45.4 s |
| declination | -71 ° 01 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ':) SAB (r) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.00 'x 0.4' |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014353 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4303 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(187 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (57.4 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | September 26, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5054 • PGC 65665 • ESO 074-019 • IRAS 20489-7112 • 2MASX J20534539-7101291 • SGC 204848-7112.8 • GALEX ASC J205345.37-710127.6 • LDCE 1418 NED004 | |
IC 5054 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 187 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter. Possibly it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with IC 5053 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 5048 , IC 5051 , IC 5060 .
The object was discovered on September 26, 1900 by the astronomer DeLisle Stewart .