IC 5301
| Galaxy IC 5301 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Indus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 18 m 59.4 s |
| declination | -69 ° 33 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 87 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013566 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 4067 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(176 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (54.1 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | 29th August 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5301 • PGC 71040 • ESO 077-012 • LEDA 71040 | |
IC 5301 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Indians in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 176 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on August 29, 1900 .