IC 5300

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Galaxy
IC 5300
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IC 5300 with CGCG 454-018 NED02
IC 5300 with CGCG 454-018 NED02
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 16 m 34.1 s
declination + 20 ° 49 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 130 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.038013 ± 0.000087  
Radial velocity 11396 ± 26 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(517 ± 36)  ·  10 6  ly
(158.6 ± 11.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date November 23, 1897
Catalog names
IC  5300 • PGC  70898 • CGCG  454-018 NED01 • 2MASX  J23163408 + 2049424 • NSA 168974

IC 5300 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 517 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly . The galaxy IC 5299 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 23, 1897 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5300
  3. Seligman