IC 5359
| Galaxy IC 5359 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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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 |
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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 .