IC 5261
| Galaxy IC 5261 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 54 m 25.2 s |
| declination | -20 ° 21 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.50 '× 1.3' |
| Position angle | 59 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 7377 group LGG 463 |
| Redshift | 0.010724 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 3215 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(147 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (45.0 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 11, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5261 • PGC 69969 • ESO 603-026 • MCG -04-54-001 • IRAS 22517-2037 • 2MASX J22542525-2021466 • SGC 225144-2037.8 • HIPASS J2254-20 • LDCE 1540 NED004 | |
IC 5261 is a faint bar spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 147 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy NGC 7392 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 11, 1896 .