IC 2559
| Galaxy NGC 2559 |
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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 14 m 45.4 s |
| declination | -34 ° 03 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 × 0.7 |
| Position angle | 18 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 196 |
| Redshift | 0.009964 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 2987 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(124 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (37.9 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2559 • PGC 29898 • ESO 375-002 • MCG -06-23-019 • IRAS 10125-3348 • 2MASX J10144539-3403316 • SGC 101232-3348.7 • LDCE 0729 NED052 | |
IC 2559 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SB (s) b? in the constellation Antila in the southern sky , which is an estimated 149 million light years away from the Milky Way . The galaxies IC 2552 , IC 2556 , IC 2558 , IC 2560 lie in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on May 1, 1900 .