IC 5222
| Galaxy IC 5222 |
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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 29 m 54.8 s |
| declination | -65 ° 39 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (rs) b / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.90 × 1.3 |
| Position angle | 93 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 7329 group NGC 7358 group IC 5250 group LGG 462 |
| Redshift | 0.010598 ± 0.000035 |
| Radial velocity | 3177 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(138 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (42.2 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | August 21, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5222 • PGC 68993 • ESO 109-006 • IRAS 22263-6555 • 2MASX J22295476-6539411 • SGC 222622-6555.1 • HIPASS J2229-65 • LDCE 1526 NED007 | |
IC 5222 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Toucan in the southern sky . It is an estimated 138 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 5215 , IC 5219 , IC 5221 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on August 21, 1900 .