IC 5371

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Galaxy
IC 5371
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IC 5371 with LEDA 2013548 (lu) [1]
IC 5371 with LEDA 2013548 (lu)
AladinLite
Constellation Andromeda
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 00 m 14.8 s
declination + 32 ° 49 ′ 55 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0:  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.50 ′ × 0.5 ′
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 730  
Redshift 0.031300 ± 0.000100  
Radial velocity 9384 ± 30 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(428 ± 30)  ·  10 6  ly
(131.1 ± 9.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date November 9, 1899
Catalog names
IC  5371 • PGC  24 • CGCG  498-058 • 2MASX  J00001476 + 3249552 • NSA 125988 • USGC U002 NED02

IC 5371 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 428 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies IC 5370 , IC 5372 , IC 5373 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d SEDS : IC 5371
  4. Seligman