IC 5231

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Galaxy
IC 5231
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Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 34 m 00.7 s
declination + 23 ° 20 ′ 19 ″
Appearance
Morphological type C.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.00 × 0.9
Position angle 69 °
Surface brightness 14.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.024927 ± 0.000467  
Radial velocity 7473 ± 140 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(343 ± 25)  x  10 6  ly
(105.1 ± 7.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date October 9, 1895
Catalog names
IC  5231 • PGC  69166 • CGCG  474-007 • MCG  + 04-53-004 • 2MASX  J22340076 + 2320190 • Mrk  913a • GALEX ASC J223400.78 + 232018.5

IC 5231 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Pegasus at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 343 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly
. a. the galaxy NGC 7332 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on October 9, 1895 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5231
  3. Seligman