IC 1574
| Galaxy IC 1574 |
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| SDSS image from IC 1574 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 43 m 03.8 s |
| declination | -22 ° 14 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IB (s) m |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.10 × 0.8 |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.001204 +/- 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 361 +/- 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(17 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (5.13 ± 0.36) Mpc |
| diameter | 9,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1574 • PGC 2578 • MCG -04-02-043 • | |
IC 1574 is an irregular galaxy of the Hubble type IB (n) m in the constellation Whale in the southern sky and a member of the Sculptor group . It is around 17 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 9,000 light years .
The object was discovered on November 3, 1898 by DeLisle Stewart .