IC 5218

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Galaxy
IC 5218
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Constellation Toucan
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5218
  3. Seligman