IC 1578
Galaxy IC 1578 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | sculptor |
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 |
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”.