IC 5168
Galaxy IC 5168 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Southern fish |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 22 h 08 m 45.5 s |
declination | -27 ° 51 ′ 23 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (s) c: / sp |
Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 144 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.016201 ± 0.000027 |
Radial velocity | 4857 ± 8 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(219 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (67.2 ± 4.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | August 31, 1897 |
Catalog names | |
IC 5168 • PGC 68133 • ESO 467-011 • MCG -05-52-033 • 2MASX J2208455-275123 • SGC 220555-2806.1 • GALEX ASC J220845.53-275122.9 • LEDA 68133 |
IC 5168 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Piscis Austrinus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 219 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 7214 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on August 31, 1897 .