IC 1588
Galaxy IC 1588 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 00 h 50 m 57.7 s |
declination | -23 ° 33 ′ 29 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 16.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 155 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.054758 ± 0.000150 |
Radial velocity | 16,416 ± 45 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(734 ± 52) x 10 6 ly (224.9 ± 15.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
Discovery date | November 3, 1898 |
Catalog names | |
IC 1588 • PGC 2965 • ESO 474-033 • 2MASX J00505771-2333287 • GALEX ASC J005057.65-233330.3 |
IC 1588 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 734 million light years from the Milky Way and about 155,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 276 , IC 1587 , IC 1599 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on November 3, 1898 .