IC 5359
Galaxy IC 5359 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | fishes |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 23 h 47 m 37.8 s |
declination | -02 ° 19 ′ 00 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sc |
Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
Position angle | 135 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | HCG 97 |
Redshift | 0.022235 ± 0.000070 |
Radial velocity | (6666 ± 21) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(303 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (92.8 ± 6.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Edward E. Barnard |
Discovery date | October 28, 1889 |
Catalog names | |
IC 5359 • PGC 72430 • MCG -01-60-036 • 2MASX J23473787-0218598 • HCG 97B • GALEX ASC J234737.83-021859.9 |
IC 5359 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is around 303 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 light years . Together with IC 5351 , IC 5352 , IC 5356 and IC 5357 it forms the galaxy group HCG 97 .
The object was discovered by Edward Barnard on October 28, 1889 .