IC 5118
| Galaxy IC 5118 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Indus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 42 m 13.8 s |
| declination | -71 ° 22 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 'x 0.3' |
| Position angle | 48 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026715 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 8009 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(353 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.1 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | September 28, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5118 • PGC 67202 • ESO 075-020 • 2MASX J21421380-7122578 • | |
IC 5118 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Indians in the southern sky . It is an estimated 353 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on September 28, 1900 .