IC 5115
| Galaxy IC 5115 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 30 m 57.3 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 45 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc / Seyfert 2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.65 ′ × 0.45 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.036287 ± 0.000166 |
| Radial velocity | 10,879 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(494 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (151.6 ± 10.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 12, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5115 • PGC 66882 • 2MASX J21305728 + 1145489 • SDSS J213057.29 + 114548.6 • NSA 024682 | |
IC 5115 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Pegasus north of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 494 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 12, 1896 .