IC 5304
Galaxy IC 5304 |
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IC 5304 with LEDA 980216 (ur) & LEDA 980315 (r) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Aquarius |
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 |
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 .