IC 5338
| Galaxy IC 5338 |
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![IC 5338 & IC 5337 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC5338_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 5338 & IC 5337 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 36 m 30.433 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 08 ′ 45.60 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cD / E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 2626 WBL 719 IC 5338 group |
| Redshift | 0.054628 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 16,377 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(739 ± 52) x 10 6 ly (226.7 ± 15.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | November 25, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5338 • UGC 12703 • PGC 71884 • CGCG 455-026 • MCG + 03-60-013 • 2MASX J23363057 + 2108498 • GALEX ASC J233630.44 + 210846.8 • NVSS J233630 + 210845 | |
IC 5338 is a cD galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is an estimated 739 million light years from the Milky Way and about 220,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitational galaxy pair together with IC 5337 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7688 , IC 5329 , IC 5331 , IC 5336 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 25, 1897 .