IC 589
| Galaxy IC 589 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 04 m 23.9 s |
| declination | -05 ° 40 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033470 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 10,034 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(441 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (135.2 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 589 • PGC 154597 • 2MASX J10042392-0540440 • GALEX ASC J100423.97-054041.1 | |
IC 589 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 441 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxy NGC 3110 .
The object was discovered on March 9, 1893 by Édouard Stephan .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0589” overwrites the previously used key “IC0589”.