IC 1588
| Galaxy IC 1588 |
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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 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 |
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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 .