IC 4588
| Galaxy IC 4588 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 05 m 04.2 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 55 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 × 0.3 |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.053180 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 15,943 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(717 ± 177) · 10 6 Lj (219.9 ± 54.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | July 15, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4588 • PGC 57025 • 2MASX J16050427 + 2355015 • | |
IC 4588 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0? in the constellation Snake north of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 717 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 million ly. a. the galaxy NGC 6051 as an optical neighbor.
The object was discovered on July 15, 1903 by Stéphane Javelle .