IC 5215
| Galaxy IC 5215 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Toucan |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 26 m 58.1 s |
| declination | -65 ° 58 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 x 0.5 |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020057 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 6013 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(264 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.0 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | August 21, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5215 • PGC 68888 • ESO 109-003 • 2MASX J22265789-6558517 • 2MASS J22265803-6558553 | |
IC 5215 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Toucan on southern sky . It is estimated to be 264 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 5208 , IC 5219 , IC 5221 , IC 5222 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on August 21, 1900 .