IC 5304
| Galaxy IC 5304 |
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| IC 5304 with LEDA 980216 (ur) & LEDA 980315 (r) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 18 m 52.5 s |
| declination | -10 ° 15 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032059 +/- 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 9611 +/- 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(433 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (132.9 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | July 26, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5304 • PGC 71028 • MCG -02-59-011 • 2MASX J23185254-1015335 • LDCE 1572 NED003 | |
IC 5304 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 433 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 180,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 1479 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on July 26, 1897 .