IC 587
| Galaxy IC 587 |
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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 | 10 h 03 m 05.2 s |
| declination | -02 ° 24 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 107 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020881 +/- 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 6260 +/- 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(273 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (83.6 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 20, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 587 • UGC 5411 • PGC 29127 • CGCG 008-028 • MCG + 00-26-012 • IRAS 10005-0209 • 2MASX J10030519-0224005 • GALEX ASC J100305.16-022358.9 • LDCE 0693 NED007 | |
IC 587 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 273 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3090 , NGC 3092 , NGC 3093 , NGC 3101 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 20, 1893 .