IC 2538
| Galaxy IC 2538 |
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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 56.5 s |
| declination | -34 ° 48 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA: (r) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 1 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030351 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 9099 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(397 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (121.6 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2538 • PGC 29181 • ESO 374-027 • MCG -06-22-015 • IRAS 10017-3434 • 2MASX J10035647-3448270 • SGC 100145-3433.9 • LDCE 704 NED004 | |
IC 2538 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 397 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 180,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3120 , IC 2534 , IC 2536 .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on May 1, 1900 .