IC 5178
| Galaxy IC 5178 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 12 m 33.3 s |
| declination | -22 ° 57 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 88 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017706 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 5308 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(240 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.7 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Herbert A. Howe |
| Discovery date | October 20, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5178 • PGC 68287 • ESO 532-031 • MCG -04-52-022 • 2MASX J22123333-2257145 • SGC 220946-2312.2 • GALEX ASC J221233.32-225716.4 • USGC S267 NED03 | |
IC 5178 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 240 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7220 and IC 1435 .
The object was discovered by Herbert Alonzo Howe on October 20, 1897 .