IC 5131
| Galaxy IC 5131 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Southern fish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 21 h 47 m 25.31 s |
| declination | -34 ° 53 ′ 01.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 - |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 'x 1.0' |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008769 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 2629 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(119 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.4 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 17, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5131 • PGC 67352 • ESO 403-027 • MCG -06-47-014 • 2MASX J21472531-3453011 • SGC 214426-3507.0 • GALEX ASC J214725.29-345259.7 • LDCE 1496 NED001 | |
IC 5131 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Piscis Austrinus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 119 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 7130 and NGC 7135 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 17, 1897 .