IC 2006
id:
ic-2006-164-10033190
title:
IC 2006
text:
IC 2006 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered on 3 October 1897 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift. It is estimated to be around 60 to 70 million light years away, in the Fornax Cluster. The galaxy is one of the smaller in the Fornax cluster, with a diameter of only 35 000 light-years. IC 2006 is an early-type galaxy with a Hubble classification of E1, but has also been listed as a lenticular galaxy with a morphological type of SA0−. Despite thei
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Elliptical galaxy in the Fornax Cluster
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_2006
date created:
2017-03-09T22:41:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T23:08:29Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q3692913","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3692913"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Elliptical_galaxy_IC_2006.jpg","width":3895,"height":2751}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16