IC 5119

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Galaxy
IC 5119
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Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 21 h 33 m 55.8 s
declination + 21 ° 50 ′ 17 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sat  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.90 × 0.2
Position angle 150 °
Surface brightness 12.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.017689 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity 5303 ± 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(246 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(75.5 ± 5.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date October 26, 1897
Catalog names
IC  5119 • UGC  11766 • PGC  66969 • CGCG  472-001 • IRAS  21316 + 2136 • 2MASX  J21335584 + 2150164 •

IC 5119 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Pegasus north of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 246 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 ly in diameter.

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on October 26, 1897 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 5119
  3. Seligman