IC 578
| Galaxy IC 578 |
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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 16.1 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 29 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 72 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029624 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 8881 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(392 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (120.1 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 22, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 578 • UGC 5337 • PGC 28674 • CGCG 064-004 • MCG + 02-26-002 • IRAS 09535 + 1043 • 2MASX J09561613 + 1029099 • NVSS J095616 + 102910 • KPG 220B | |
IC 578 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Leo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 392 million light years from the Milky Way and approximately 140,000 light years in diameter. Together with IC 577 , 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 580 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 22, 1892 .