IC 5083
| Galaxy IC 5083 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | To fill |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 03 m 51.5 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 45 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 '× 0.5' |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.042716 ± 0.000147 |
| Radial velocity | 12806 ± 44 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(581 ± 41) · 10 6 Lj (178.0 ± 12.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 12, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5083 • PGC 66011 • CGCG 425-038 • 2MASX J21035147 + 1145494 • | |
IC 5083 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Equuleus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 581 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 7015 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on August 12, 1897 .