IC 1579
Galaxy IC 1579 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | sculptor |
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 |
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”.