IC 2587
| Galaxy IC 2587 |
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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 30 m 59.6 s |
| declination | -34 ° 33 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (l) 0 ^ - |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.00 × 1.5 |
| Position angle | 26 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Antlia Cluster |
| Redshift | 0.007042 +/- 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 2111 +/- 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(85 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (26.0 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2587 • PGC 31020 • ESO 375-051 • MCG -06-23-047 • 2MASX J10305958-3433466 • SGC 102844-3418.4 • LDCE 729 NED092 | |
IC 2587 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Air Pump in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 85 million light-years from the Milky Way , about 50,000 ly in diameter, and the brightest member of the Antlia galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 3268 , NGC 3269 , NGC 3281 , IC 2584 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on May 1, 1900 .