IC 2537
| Galaxy IC 2537 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 03 m 51.9 s |
| declination | -27 ° 34 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 26 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 3054 group IC 2537 group LGG 185 |
| Redshift | 0.009322 ± 0.000021 |
| Radial velocity | 2795 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(115 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.4 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | February 14, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2537 • PGC 29179 • ESO 499-039 • MCG -04-24-015 • 2MASX J10035188-2734151 • SGC 100136-2719.7 • GALEX ASC J100351.98-273413.3 • LDCE 729 NED038 | |
IC 2537 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Antlia south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 115 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy is a member of the NGC 3054 group , which also includes NGC 3051 , NGC 3054 , NGC 3078 , NGC 3084 , NGC 3089 , IC 2531 , PGC 28803, and PGC 28874 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on February 14, 1898 .