IC 5341

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Galaxy
IC 5341
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IC 5341 with LEDA 85577 (la) & LEDA 71987 (l) [1]
IC 5341 with LEDA 85577 (la) & LEDA 71987 (l)
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 38 m 26.822 s
declination + 26 ° 59 ′ 06.41 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / D  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.30 ′ × 0.3 ′
Surface brightness 12.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation ABELL 2634
WBL 721  
Redshift 0.035938 ± 0.000050  
Radial velocity 10,774 ± 15 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(490 ± 34)  ·  10 6  ly
(150.1 ± 10.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Herbert A. Howe
Discovery date November 27, 1899
Catalog names
IC  5341 • PGC  71981 • PGC 71984 • CGCG  476-087 • MCG  + 04-55-035 • 2MASX  J23382684 + 2659066 • 2MASS J23382681 + 2659065 • NSA 152179 • WISEA J233826.81 + 265906.4

IC 5341 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 490 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 7720 , NGC 7726 , NGC 7728 , IC 5342 .

The object was discovered by Herbert Alonzo Howe on November 27, 1899 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : IC 5341
  4. Seligman