IC 5091
| Galaxy IC 5091 |
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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 17 m 37.0 s |
| declination | -70 ° 39 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.057240 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 17,160 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(762 ± 53) · 10 6 ly (233.5 ± 16.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | September 28, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5091 • PGC 66505 • ESO 074-027 • 2MASX J21173700-7039106 • MRSS 075-310755 | |
IC 5091 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Peacock on southern sky . It is estimated to be 762 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 115,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 5093 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 28, 1900 .