IC 5376

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Galaxy
IC 5376
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Constellation Andromeda
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 01 m 19.8 s
declination + 34 ° 31 ′ 33 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 2.00 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 4 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.016785 ± 0.000013  
Radial velocity 5032 ± 4 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(233 ± 16)  x  10 6  ly
(71.5 ± 5.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date November 25, 1899
Catalog names
IC  5376 • UGC  12909 • PGC  102 • CGCG  517-013 • MCG  + 06-01-007 • 2MASX  J00011976 + 3431326 •

IC 5376 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Andromeda on the northern sky . It is estimated to be 233 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on November 25, 1899 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 5376
  3. Seligman