IC 1578
| Galaxy IC 1578 |
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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 25.9 s |
| declination | -25 ° 04 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 'x 0.3' |
| Position angle | 18 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022479 +/- 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 6739 +/- 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(301 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (92.4 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1578 • PGC 2637 • ESO 474-021 • MCG -04-03-001 • IRAS 00419-2521 • GALEX ASC J004425.84-250438.4 | |
IC 1578 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 301 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 253 , IC 1576 , IC 1581 , IC 1582 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on November 3, 1898 .
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Attention: The sort key “IC 1578” overwrites the previously used key “IC1578”.