IC 5355

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Galaxy
IC 5355
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Andromeda
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 47 m 15.3 s
declination + 32 ° 46 ′ 58 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SBcd: / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.00 x 0.6
Position angle 10 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.016195 ± 0.000013  
Radial velocity 4855 ± 4 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(225 ± 16)  ·  10 6  ly
(69.1 ± 4.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date November 9, 1899
Catalog names
IC  5355 • PGC  072397 • CGCG  498-011 • MCG  + 05-56-006 • IRAS  23447 + 3230 • 2MASX  J23471530 + 3246579 • KIG 1039

IC 5355 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is an estimated 225 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 9, 1899 .

See also

List of IC objects

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 5355
  3. Seligman