IC 586
| Galaxy IC 586 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 59 m 50.3 s |
| declination | -06 ° 55 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019814 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 5940 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(258 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (79.0 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 586 • PGC 28906 • MCG -01-26-004 • 2MASX J09595028-0655218 • GALEX ASC J095950.33-065523.5 • LDCE 688 NED004 | |
IC 586 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 258 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 9, 1893 .
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Attention: The sort key “IC 0586” overwrites the previously used key “IC0586”.