PGC 72359
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 72359 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 23 h 46 m 23.1 s |
| declination | -28 ° 00 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 4038 |
| Redshift | 0.028847 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 8648 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(387 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (118.7 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 5349-2 • PGC 72359 • ESO 471-011 N2 • MCG -05-56-005 N2 • 2MASS J23462317-2800100 | |
LEDA / PGC 72359 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Sculptor at the southern sky . It is an estimated 387 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with IC 5349 it forms a bound galaxy pair.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 5350 , IC 5353 , IC 5354 , IC 5358 .