IC 5349
| Galaxy IC 5349 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 46 m 22.8 s |
| declination | -28 ° 00 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026900 ± 0.000213 |
| Radial velocity | 8064 ± 64 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(361 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (110.8 ± 7.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Herbert A. Howe |
| Discovery date | November 16, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5349 • PGC 72358 • CGCG 471-011 • MCG -05-56-005 • 2MASX J23462269-2800215 • | |
IC 5349 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 361 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter . Together with LEDA 72359 , it forms a bound galaxy pair .
The galaxies IC 5350 , IC 5353 , IC 5354 , IC 5358 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Herbert Alonzo Howe on November 16, 1898 .