Astronomy:IC 5332

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Short description: Spiral Galaxy in the constellation Sculptor
IC 5332
IC 5332 - HST.jpg
HST image of IC 5332
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationSculptor
Right ascension 23h 34m 27.5s[1]
Declination−36° 06′ 04″[1]
Redshift701 ± 6 km/s[1]
Distance28.8 Mly (8.84 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)10.72[3]
Characteristics
TypeSABc[2]
Apparent size (V)8.128' × 7.762'[1]
Other designations
IC 5332, PGC 71775

IC 5332, also known as PGC 71775 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Sculptor. IC 5332 is a delicate spiral galaxy that is unusually faint and beautifully symmetrical. As viewed from earth it is nearly face on. It has a very small central bulge and open spiral arms accounting for its classification (SABc). The galaxy lies in the direction of the galactic south pole.[1]

IC 5332, taken by the NASA/ESA/CSA JWST observatory with its MIRI instrument

IC 5332 is a late type spiral galaxy with observable star formation ongoing, though at such a low rate as to be a stable non-starburst galaxy.[4] It is a somewhat tenuous spiral galaxy with a very low surface brightness of just 23.8 mag/squ arc sec.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "NED results for IC 5332". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=IC+5332&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Scheuermann, Fabian; Kreckel, Kathryn; Anand, Gagandeep S.; Blanc, Guillermo A.; Congiu, Enrico; Santoro, Francesco; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Barnes, Ashley T. et al. (2022). "Planetary nebula luminosity function distances for 19 galaxies observed by PHANGS–MUSE". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 511 (4): 6087–6109. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac110. Bibcode2022MNRAS.511.6087S. 
  3. "IC 5332". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=IC+5332. 
  4. "IC5332". http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~knapton/ic5332.htm. 

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