IC 3591
| Galaxy IC 3591 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 37 m 03.0 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 55 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBmIII / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 48 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 296 |
| Redshift | 0.005444 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1632 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.4 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Arnold Schwassmann |
| Discovery date | November 8, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3591 • UGC 7790 • PGC 42108 • CGCG 042-179 • MCG + 01-32-115 • IRAS F12344 + 0712 • VCC 1699 • Mrk 1329 • GALEX ASC J123702.92 + 065534.5 • USGC U490 NED86 • HOLM 428A • EVCC 954 | |
IC 3591 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBm in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 70 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VVC 1699 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4570 , NGC 4588 , IC 3521 , IC 3576 .
The object was discovered by Arnold Schwassmann on November 8, 1899 .