IC 566
| Galaxy IC 566 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 49 m 56.4 s |
| declination | -00 ° 13 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.036599 ± 0.000096 |
| Radial velocity | 10,972 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(483 ± 34) · 10 6 ly (148.2 ± 10.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 566 • PGC 28279 • CGCG 007-044 • 2MASX J09495641-0013529 • GALEX ASC J094956.44-001352.0 • NSA 83 | |
IC 566 is a compact lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 483 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3018 , NGC 3023 , IC 560 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 9, 1893 .