IC 2598
Galaxy IC 2598 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Little lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 39 m 42.33 s |
declination | + 26 ° 43 ′ 39.2 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S? |
Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.40 x 0.2 |
Position angle | 144 ° |
Surface brightness | 11.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.019470 ± 0.000050 |
Radial velocity | 5837 ± 15 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(259 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (79.3 ± 5.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | May 28, 1903 |
Catalog names | |
IC 2598 • PGC 31713 • CGCG 154-037 • 2MASX J10394233 + 2643394 • GALEX ASC J103942.23 + 264338.9 • NVSS J103942 + 264338 • WISEA J103942.33 + 264338.7 |
IC 2598 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Leo Minor at the northern sky . It is an estimated 259 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 2590 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 28, 1903 .