IC 5069

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Galaxy
IC 5069
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 21 h 00 m 12.85 s
declination -71 ° 48 ′ 42.1 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SAB (rs) cd  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 'x 0.9'
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.009409 ± 0.000019  
Radial velocity 2821 ± 6 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(121 ± 8)  ·  10 6  ly
(37.1 ± 2.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date September 26, 1900
Catalog names
IC  5069 • PGC  65870 • ESO  074-022 • IRAS  F20551-7200 • HIPASS J2100-71

IC 5069 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 121 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years across.

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 5071 .

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 SEDS : IC 5069
  3. Seligman