IC 5099

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Galaxy
IC 5099
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 21 h 21 m 49.0 s
declination -70 ° 59 ′ 00 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 7 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.044127 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity 13,229 ± 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(586 ± 41)  ·  10 6  ly
(179.7 ± 12.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date September 28, 1900
Catalog names
IC  5099 • PGC  66633 • ESO  075-003 • IRAS  21172-7111 • 2MASX  J21214902-7059000 •

IC 5099 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 586 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 120,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky is the galaxy IC 5093 .

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 28, 1900 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5099
  3. Seligman