IC 5116

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Galaxy
IC 5116
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Constellation Indus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 21 h 37 m 05.5 s
declination -70 ° 58 ′ 57 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1.60 'x 1.2'
Position angle 15 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 7123 group
LGG 447  
Redshift 0.012679 ± 0.000093  
Radial velocity 3801 ± 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(165 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(50.5 ± 3.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date September 28, 1900
Catalog names
IC  5116 • PGC  67055 • ESO  075-018 • IRAS  21325-7112 • 2MASX  J21370550-7058572 • HIPASS J2137-70

IC 5116 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Indians in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 165 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years across.

Together with NGC 7123 , IC 5106 and PGC 67474 , the NGC 7123 group or LGG 447 .

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5116
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman