IC 4596
| Galaxy IC 4596 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Scorpio |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 16 m 03.6 s |
| declination | -22 ° 37 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) from |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.50 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025251 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 7570 ± 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(338 ± 24) · 10 6 ly (103.5 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | DeLisle Stewart |
| Discovery date | July 7, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 4596 • PGC 57665 • ESO 516-009 • MCG -04-38-005 • 2MASX J16160361-2237314 • SGC 161305-2230.1 • | |
IC 4596 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Scorpio in the southern sky . It is an estimated 338 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light-years across.
The galaxy IC 4600 is located in the same area of the sky .
The type IIn supernova SN 2006dc was observed here.
The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on July 7, 1899 .