IC 5298
| Galaxy IC 5298 |
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| Hubble telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 16 m 00.6 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 33 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? / LINER / HII / Sbrst / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027422 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 8221 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(376 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.2 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 23, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5298 • PGC 70877 • CGCG 475-056 • 475-065 • MCG + 04-54-038 • IRAS 23135 + 2516 • 2MASX J23160070 + 2533242 • GALEX ASC J231600.63 + 253323.5 • LDCE 1568 NED003 | |
IC 5298 is an active galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type S? in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 376 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 7548 , IC 5293 , IC 5295 , IC 5296 .
The property was built on November 23, 1899 by Stéphane Javelle .
Web links
Commons : IC 5298 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- astronews.com: Picture of the day April 27, 2012