IC 2958

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Galaxy
IC 2958
{{{Card text}}}
IC 2958 with LEDA 2024741 (l) [1]
IC 2958 with LEDA 2024741 (l)
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 45 m 42.324 s
declination + 33 ° 09 ′ 15.99 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB: / AGN  
Brightness  (visual) 15.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.50 '× 0.4'
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.034487 ± 0.000084  
Radial velocity 10,339 ± 25 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(462 ± 32)  ·  10 6  ly
(141.6 ± 9.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date June 11, 1896
Catalog names
IC  2958 • PGC  36665 • MCG  + 06-26-030 • 2MASX  J11454232 + 3309154 • GALEX ASC J114542.32 + 330916.5 • WISEA J114542.33 + 330916.1

IC 2958 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB with an active galaxy core in the constellation Big Dipper in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 462 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 3871 , NGC 3878 , NGC 3880 , IC 729 .

The object was discovered on June 11, 1896 by Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : IC 2958
  4. Seligman