IC 5073

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Galaxy
IC 5073
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 21 h 03 m 19.86 s
declination -72 ° 41 ′ 16.4 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (rs) bc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 1.20 'x 1.0'
Position angle 20 °
Surface brightness 14.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.039360 ± 0.000334  
Radial velocity 11,800 ± 100 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(522 ± 37)  ·  10 6  ly
(160.0 ± 11.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date September 26, 1900
Catalog names
IC  5073 • PGC  65992 • ESO  047-021 • 2MASX  J21031988-7241163 • SGC  205814-7253.1 • 2MASS J21031984-7241164 • WISEA J210319.85-724116.4

IC 5073 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is an estimated 522 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 , IC 5072 , IC 5075 .

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 5073
  3. Seligman