IC 5374

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Galaxy
IC 5374
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation fishes
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 01 m 04.5 s
declination + 04 ° 30 ′ 01 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.70 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 18 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.029794 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity 8932 ± 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(404 ± 28)  ·  10 6  ly
(124.0 ± 8.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date November 21, 1903
Catalog names
IC  5374 • PGC  79 • CGCG  408-008 • MCG  + 01-01-010 • IRAS  F23585 + 0413 • KUG  2358 + 042 • 2MASX  J00010444 + 0430001 • GALEX ASC J000104.43 + 043001.3 • KPG 601A

IC 5374 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 404 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter. Together with IC 5375 it forms the isolated galaxy pair KPG 601 .

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1527 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 21, 1903 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 5374
  3. Seligman