IC 5350
| Galaxy IC 5350 |
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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 47 m 14.6 s |
| declination | -27 ° 57 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 x 0.9 |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 4038 |
| Redshift | 0.028553 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 8560 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(383 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (117.5 ± 8.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | September 14, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5350 • PGC 72396 • ESO 234439-2814.1 • MCG -05-56-009 • 2MASX J23471464-2757283 • LDCE 1599 NED004 | |
IC 5350 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is about 383 million light years away from the Milky Way and is about 100,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 5349 , IC 5353 , IC 5354 , IC 5358 .
The object was discovered in 1896 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .