IC 5252
| Galaxy IC 5252 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Indus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 48 m 09.0 s |
| declination | -68 ° 54 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_1) SB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 172 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 3 |
| Redshift | 0.012745 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 3821 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(166 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (50.8 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | August 21, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5252 • PGC 69744 • ESO 076-025 • IRAS 22446-6910 • 2MASX J22480897-6854101 • SGC 224440-6910.0 • GALEX ASC J224808.81-685409.6 • LDCE 1544 NED001 | |
IC 5252 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Indians in the southern sky . It is an estimated 166 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy IC 5256 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on August 21, 1900 .