IC 5072
| Galaxy IC 5072 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 01 m 56.82 s |
| declination | -72 ° 59 ′ 18.5 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 'x 0.4' |
| Position angle | 104 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009360 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 2806 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(120 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (36.8 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | September 26, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5072 • PGC 65938 • ESO 047-020 • 2MASX J21015682-7259184 • 2MASX J21015682-7259184 • WISEA J210156.92-725919.2 | |
IC 5072 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 120 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 5071 and IC 5073 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 26, 1900 .