IC 5060

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Galaxy
IC 5060
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 20 h 54 m 46.66 s
declination -71 ° 38 ′ 11.3 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.00 'x 0.2'
Position angle 80 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.014267  
Radial velocity 4277 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(186 ± 13)  x  10 6  ly
(57.0 ± 4.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date September 26, 1900
Catalog names
IC  5060 • PGC  65695 • ESO  074-021 • GALEX ASC J205446.03-713815.4

IC 5060 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Peacock on southern sky . It is estimated to be 186 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 5048 , IC 5051 , IC 5053 , IC 5054 .

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 26, 1900 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5060
  3. Seligman