IC 5273
| Galaxy IC 5273 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | crane |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 22 h 59 m 26.70 s |
| declination | -37 ° 42 ′ 10.4 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) cd / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.60 × 1.7 |
| Position angle | 56 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 40 |
| Redshift | 0.004312 ± 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | 1293 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(58 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.7 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 12, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5273 • PGC 70184 • ESO 346-022 • MCG -06-50-020 • IRAS 22566-3758 • 2MASX J22592671-3742103 • SGC 225639-3758.3 • HIPASS J2259-37 • LDCE 1547 NED012 • WISEA J225926.69-374210.2 | |
IC 5273 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc with extensive star formation areas in the constellation Crane in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 58 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7418 and NGC 7421 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on August 12, 1896 .