IC 506
| Galaxy IC 506 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 23 m 30.7 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 17 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027566 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | (8264 ± 17) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(363 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (111.3 ± 7.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | March 8, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 506 • PGC 23536 • CGCG 032-016 • MCG + 01-22-009 • 2MASX J08233072 + 0417587 • LDCE 0570 NED003 | |
IC 506 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Hydra. It is an estimated 363 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on March 8, 1888 .