IC 5353
| Galaxy IC 5353 |
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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 28.6 s |
| declination | -28 ° 06 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.50 x 1.0 |
| Position angle | 137 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 4038 |
| Redshift | 0.027486 ± 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | 8240 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(369 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (113.1 ± 7.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 150,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 14, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5353 • PGC 72421 • ESO 471-017 • MCG -05-56-010 • 2MASX J23472856-2806335 • SGC 234453-2823.2 • LDCE 1599 NED006 | |
IC 5353 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is an estimated 369 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 160,000 light years in diameter . She is a member of the Abell 4038 galaxy group .
The galaxies IC 5349 , IC 5350 , IC 5354 , IC 5358 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift in 1886 .