IC 2591
| Galaxy IC 2591 |
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![IC 2591 [1], SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC2591_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 2591, SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 36 m 38.667 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 03 ′ 10.48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 128 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022672 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 6797 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(303 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (92.9 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 14, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2591 • UGC 5763 • PGC 31474 • CGCG 183-031 • MCG + 06-23-022 • IRAS 10337 + 3518 • KUG 1033 + 353 • 2MASX J10363862 + 3503109 • NVSS J103638 + 350310 • WISEA J103638.65 + 350310.5 | |
IC 2591 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc with extensive star formation areas in the constellation Little Lion in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 303 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 14, 1903 .