IC 5221
| Galaxy IC 5221 |
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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 57.7 s |
| declination | -65 ° 54 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035725 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 10,710 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(474 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (145.4 ± 10.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | August 21, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5221 • PGC 68967 • ESO 109-005 • 2MASX J22285771-6554163 • AM 2225-660 NED02 • 2MASS J22285768-6554165 | |
IC 5221 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Toucan in the southern sky . It is an estimated 474 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 5215 , IC 5219 , IC 5222 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on August 21, 1900 .