IC 2598
| Galaxy IC 2598 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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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 |
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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 .