IC 5379
| Galaxy IC 5379 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 02 m 40.7 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 36 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020938 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 6277 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(287 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.1 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Isaac Roberts |
| Discovery date | November 17, 1895 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5379 • PGC 185 • CGCG 456-020 • MCG + 03-01-017 • KUG 0000 + 163 • GALEX ASC J000240.86 + 163601.0 | |
IC 5379 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Pegasus at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 287 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 7814 , IC 5377 , IC 5378 , IC 5381 .
The object was discovered by Isaac Roberts on November 17, 1895 .