IC 5299

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Galaxy
IC 5299
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Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 16 m 19.1 s
declination + 20 ° 51 ′ 21 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 15.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 x 0.3
Position angle 10 °
Surface brightness 12.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.038320 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity 11,488 ± 24 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(521 ± 37)  ·  10 6  Lj
(159.8 ± 11.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date November 23, 1899
Catalog names
IC  5299 • PGC  3978734 • 2MASX  J23161913 + 2051209 • NSA 168972

IC 5299 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 521 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky is the galaxy IC 5300 .

The property was built on November 23, 1899 by Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5299
  3. Seligman