IC 5095

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Galaxy
IC 5095
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 21 h 17 m 22.2 s
declination -59 ° 56 ′ 51 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) Sbc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 'x 0.4'
Position angle 70 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.041372 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 12,403 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(551 ± 38)  ·  10 6  Lj
(168.9 ± 11.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal H. Frost
Discovery date September 19, 1903
Catalog names
IC  5095 • PGC  66498 • ESO  145-002 • 2MASX  J21172225-5956511 • GALEX ASC J211722.09-595649.7

IC 5095 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Peacock on southern sky . It is estimated to be 551 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on September 19, 1903 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5095
  3. Seligman