IC 2589
| Galaxy IC 2589 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 32 m 20.8 s |
| declination | -24 ° 02 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 'x 0.6' |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 209 |
| Redshift | 0.012278 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 3681 ± 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(156 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.7 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | February 15, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2589 • PGC 31126 • ESO 501-004 • IRAS 10299-2346 • 2MASX J10322081-2402152 • LDCE 729 NED103 | |
IC 2589 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 156 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 2594 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on February 15, 1898 .