IC 2576
| Galaxy IC 2576 |
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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 25 m 59.0 s |
| declination | -32 ° 54 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 / 0.7 ' |
| Position angle | 48 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031172 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 9345 ± 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(408 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (125.1 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2576 • PGC 30634 • ESO 375-023 • MCG -05-25-003 • IRAS 10236-3238 • 2MASX J10255899-3254123 • GALEX ASC J102559.05-325411.8 | |
IC 2576 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Antlia in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 408 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 3241 and IC 2575 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on May 1, 1900 .