IC 5246
| Galaxy IC 5246 |
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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 46 m 39,500 s |
| declination | -64 ° 53 ′ 52.70 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 'x 0.6' |
| Position angle | 151 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 3921 |
| Redshift | 0.010340 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 3100 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(134 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (41.1 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | August 21, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5246 • PGC 69696 • ESO 109-019 • IRAS F22433-6509 • 2MASX J22463922-6453547 • GALEX ASC J224639.54-645353.3 | |
IC 5246 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Toucan on southern sky . It is an estimated 134 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter. Together with IC 5249 it forms an (optical) pair of galaxies.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7358 , IC 5245 , IC 5247 , IC 5250 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on August 21, 1900 .