IC 5254

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Galaxy
IC 5254
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IC5254 - SDSS DR14.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 46 m 00.5 s
declination + 21 ° 07 ′ 32 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.70 '× 0.4'
Position angle 85 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023640 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 7087 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(325 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(99.7 ± 7.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date October 13, 1903
Catalog names
IC  5254 • PGC  69680 • CGCG  453-005 • KUG  2243 + 208 • 2MASX  J22460050 + 2107322 • GALEX ASC J224600.61 + 210733.0 • NSA 150138

IC 5254 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Pegasus at the northern sky . It is an estimated 325 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 7375 and IC 5253 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on October 13, 1903 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5254
  3. Seligman