IC 5126
| Galaxy IC 5126 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 40 m 28.6 s |
| declination | -06 ° 20 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.5 |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023466 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 7035 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(320 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (98.2 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 13, 1895 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5126 • PGC 3947737 • 2MASX J21402857-0620448 • 2MASS J21402859-0620447 • NSA 149274 | |
IC 5126 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 320 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 7108 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 13, 1895 .