IC 5370

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Galaxy
IC 5370
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IC 5370 with LEDA 2009332 (u) & LEDA 2009149 (ur) [1]
IC 5370 with LEDA 2009332 (u) & LEDA 2009149 (ur)
AladinLite
Constellation Andromeda
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 00 m 09.2 s
declination + 32 ° 44 ′ 18 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 117 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 730  
Redshift 0.034597 ± 0.000063  
Radial velocity 10,372 ± 19 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(472 ± 33)  ·  10 6  Lj
(144.6 ± 10.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date November 9, 1899
Catalog names
IC  5370 • PGC  5 • CGCG  498-056 • 499-028 • MCG  + 05-01-018 • 2MASX  J00000914 + 3244182 • NSA 125983 • USGC U002 NED03

IC 5370 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is an estimated 472 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 5371 , IC 5372 , IC 5373 .

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5370
  4. Seligman