IC 5264

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Galaxy
IC 5264
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Constellation crane
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 56 m 53.0 s
declination -36 ° 33 ′ 15 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab / pec / sp  
Brightness  (visual) 12.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.5 likes
Angular expansion 2.40 'x 0.5'
Position angle 82 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation SSRS group 40
NGC 7421 group
IC 5264 group
LGG 465  
Redshift 0.006471 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 1940 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(87 ± 6)  ·  10 6  ly
(26.7 ± 1.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date June 10, 1896
Catalog names
IC  5264 • PGC  70081 • ESO  406-029 • MCG  -06-50-014 • IRAS  22540-3649 • 2MASX  J22565303-3633149 • SGC  225405-3649.3 • 2XMM J225653.1-363313 • LDCE 1547 NED005

IC 5264 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Crane on southern sky . It is estimated to be 87 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 7418 , IC 1459 , IC 5269 , IC 5270 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

Together with IC 5269 and PGC 70075 it forms the IC 5264 group or LGG 465 .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on June 10, 1896 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 5264
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman