IC 5218
| Galaxy IC 5218 |
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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 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 .