IC 5238
| Galaxy IC 5238 |
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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 41 m 29.8 s |
| declination | -60 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S ... |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 x 0.3 |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025951 ± 0.000140 |
| Radial velocity | 7780 ± 42 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(344 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (105.5 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Royal Harwood Frost |
| Discovery date | July 16, 1904 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5238 • PGC 69501 • ESO 147-004 • 2MASX J22412975-6045283 • | |
IC 5238 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Toucan on southern sky . It is estimated to be 344 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Royal Harwood Frost on July 16, 1904 .