IC 5220
Galaxy IC 5220 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Toucan |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 22 h 28 m 02.7 s |
declination | -59 ° 43 ′ 24 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sc |
Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 111 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.016145 ± 0.000033 |
Radial velocity | 4840 ± 10 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(213 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.3 ± 4.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Royal H. Frost |
Discovery date | July 16, 1904 |
Catalog names | |
IC 5220 • PGC 68925 • ESO 146-025 • IRAS F22247-5958 • 2MASX J22280272-5943244 • |
IC 5220 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Toucan on southern sky . It is estimated to be 213 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 7278 and IC 5218 , among others .
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on July 16, 1904 .