IC 5149

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Galaxy
IC 5149
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Constellation Southern fish
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 21 h 58 m 59.0 s
declination -27 ° 24 ′ 50 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') Sa  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.20 × 0.5
Position angle 32 °
Surface brightness SB: 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018099 +/- 0.000033  
Radial velocity 5426 +/- 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(245 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(75.1 ± 5.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date September 8, 1897
Catalog names
IC  5149 • PGC  67770 • ESO  466-027 • MCG  -05-51-033 • IRAS  F21561-2739 • 2MASX  J21585905-2724501 • GALEX ASC J215859.00-272450.6

IC 5149 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Piscis Austrinus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 245 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 ly in diameter.

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 8, 1897 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5149
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 5149” overwrites the previously used key “IC5149”.