IC 588

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Galaxy
IC 588
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LEDA 90978 & IC 588 [1]
LEDA 90978 & IC 588
AladinLite
Constellation sextant
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 02 m 07.0 s
declination + 03 ° 03 ′ 28 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SB (r) a / Sy 2  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.70 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 159 °
Surface brightness 12.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023460 ± 0.000167  
Radial velocity 7033 ± 50 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(308 ± 22)  x  10 6  ly
(94.4 ± 6.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date March 17, 1893
Catalog names
IC  588 • UGC  5399 • PGC  29057 • CGCG  036-023 • MCG  + 01-26-010 • IRAS  F09595 + 0318 • 2MASX  J10020701 + 0303277 • GALEX ASC J100206.97 + 030328.9 • LDCE 701 NED001

IC 588 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 308 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 17, 1893 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : IC 588
  4. ↑ Seligman

Attention: The sort key “IC 0586” overwrites the previously used key “IC0588”.