IC 574

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Galaxy
IC 574
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Constellation sextant
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 54 m 27.0 s
declination -06 ° 57 ′ 12 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA0-:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 3 °
Surface brightness 14.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.020377 +/- 0.000127  
Radial velocity 6109 +/- 38 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(265 ± 19)  ·  10 6  ly
(81.3 ± 5.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stephane Javelle
Discovery date March 9, 1893
Catalog names
IC  574 • PGC  28569 • MCG  -01-25-056 • 2MASX  J09542701-0657122 • LEDA 28569 • LDCE 688 NED002

IC 574 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 265 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 3035 , NGC 3064 , IC 575 , among others .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 9, 1893 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 574
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0574” overwrites the previously used key “IC0574”.