IC 5179
| Galaxy IC 5179 / IC 5183 / IC 5184 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | crane |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 16 m 09.1 s |
| declination | -36 ° 50 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) bc / HII / LIRG |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.40 'x 1.2' |
| Position angle | 57 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011415 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 3422 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(154 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.1 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | July 26, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5179 • IC 5183 • IC 5184 • PGC 68455 • ESO 405-005 • MCG -06-48-031 • IRAS 22132-3705 • 2MASX J22160908-3650375 • SGC 221313-3705.5 • NVSS J221609-365039 | |
IC 5179 = IC 5183 = IC 5184 is an active spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Crane in the southern sky . It is an estimated 154 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 5186
The supernovae SN 1999ee ( Type Ia ) and SN 1999ex (Type Ib) were observed here.
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on July 26, 1897 .