IC 1587
| Galaxy IC 1587 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 48 m 43.3 s |
| declination | -23 ° 33 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.056662 |
| Radial velocity | 16,987 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(759 ± 53) · 10 6 Lj (232.8 ± 16.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 1587 • PGC 2852 • ESO 474-031 • MCG -04-03-015 • 2MASX J00484328-2333420 • GALEX ASC J004843.23-233342.0 | |
IC 1587 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 759 million light years from the Milky Way and about 315,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1582 and IC 1588 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on November 3, 1898 .