IC 5218
Galaxy IC 5218 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Toucan |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 22 h 28 m 05.8 s |
declination | -60 ° 23 ′ 41 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (r) b |
Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 22 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | ? |
Radial velocity | ? km / s |
distance | ? pc |
history | |
discovery | Royal H. Frost |
Discovery date | July 16, 1904 |
Catalog names | |
IC 5218 • PGC 68927 • ESO 146-026 • IRAS 22248-6038 • 2MASX J22280580-6023413 • SGC 222446-6039.0 • GALEX ASC J222805.86-602340.5 |
IC 5218 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Toucan in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 550 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 200,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 7278 , IC 5213 and IC 5220 .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on July 16, 1904 .