IC 577
| Galaxy IC 577 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 56 m 04.0 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 29 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S + |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.030002 ± 0.000098 |
| Radial velocity | 8994 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(397 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (121.6 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 22, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 577 • UGC 5334 • PGC 28662 • CGCG 064-002 • MCG + 02-26-001 • 2MASX J09560399 + 1029559 • GALEX ASC J095603.95 + 102955.3 • KPG 220A | |
IC 577 is a Hubble-type Sc spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo, north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 397 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across. Together with IC 578 , it forms the isolated galaxy pair KPG 220 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3069 , NGC 3070 , IC 576 , IC 584 .
The Type Iax supernova SN 2008ae was observed here.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 22, 1892 .