NGC 2590
| Galaxy NGC 2590 / IC 507 |
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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 25 m 02.0 s |
| declination | -00 ° 35 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) bc: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 77 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016665 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 4996 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(216 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.3 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | February 26, 1878 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2590 • IC 507 • UGC 4392 • PGC 23616 • CGCG 004-020 • MCG + 00-22-010 • IRAS 08224-0025 • 2MASX J08250202-0035292 • NVSS J082501-003525 • LDCE 568 NED005 | |
NGC 2590 = IC 507 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 216 million light years from the Milky Way and about 145,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on February 26, 1878 by Édouard Stephan .