IC 5220
| Galaxy IC 5220 |
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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 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 |
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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 .