IC 1579
| Galaxy IC 1579 |
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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 45 m 32.4 s |
| declination | -26 ° 33 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022786 +/- 0.000137 |
| Radial velocity | 6831 +/- 41 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(305 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (93.5 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1579 • PGC 2667 • ESO 474-022 • MCG -05-03-002 • IRAS F00430-2650 • 2MASX J00453246-2633557 • NVSS J004532-263353 | |
IC 1579 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the Sculptor constellation in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 305 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 1581 .
The Type IIP supernova SN 2008gr was observed here.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on November 3, 1898 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 1579” overwrites the previously used key “IC1579”.