IC 5291
| Galaxy IC 5291 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 13 m 39.6 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 14 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.040838 |
| Radial velocity | 12243 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(554 ± 39) · 10 6 ly (169.8 ± 11.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 10, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5291 • PGC 70729 • CGCG 406-022 • IRAS F23111 + 0857 • 2MASX J23133957 + 0914297 • GALEX ASC J231339.57 + 091430.4 • NSA 150851 | |
IC 5291 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Pegasus at the northern sky . It is an estimated 554 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky there are still u. a. the galaxies NGC 7528 , NGC 7529 , NGC 7569 , NGC 7579 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 10, 1903 .