IC 592
| Galaxy IC 592 |
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| with the foreground star HD 87888 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 07 m 58.7 s |
| declination | -02 ° 29 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020181 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 6050 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(263 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (80.7 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 592 • UGC 5465 • PGC 29465 • CGCG 008-045 • MCG + 00-26-020 • IRAS F10054-0215 • 2MASX J10075871-0229518 • NSA 136616 | |
IC 592 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 263 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 593 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 21, 1893 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0592” overwrites the previously used key “IC0592”.