IC 1576
| Galaxy IC 1576 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 44 m 14.1 s |
| declination | -25 ° 06 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 144 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | ESO 474-020 group |
| Redshift | 0.054131 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 16,228 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(725 ± 51) · 10 6 Lj (222.4 ± 15.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1576 • PGC 2630 • ESO 474-020 • MCG -04-02-045 • 2MASX J00441416-2506332 • GALEX ASC J004414.06-250632.6 | |
IC 1576 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 725 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 150,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 253 , IC 1578 , IC 1581 , IC 1582 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on November 3, 1898 .