IC 5293

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Galaxy
IC 5293
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 14 m 44.6 s
declination + 25 ° 08 ′ 26 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 175 °
Surface brightness 11.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.026078 +/- 0.000077  
Radial velocity 7818 +/- 23 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(358 ± 25)  x  10 6  ly
(109.7 ± 7.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date November 22, 1899
Catalog names
IC  5293 • PGC  70792 • CGCG  475-049 • 2MASX  J23144460 + 2508262 • GALEX ASC J231444.64 + 250825.9 • LEDA 70792

IC 5293 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Pegasus at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 358 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7548 , IC 5295 , IC 5296 , IC 5297 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 22, 1899 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5293
  3. Seligman