IC 594
Galaxy IC 594 |
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IC 594 with LEDA 1137447 (lu) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | sextant |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 08 m 32.0 s |
declination | -00 ° 40 ′ 01 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (r) bc / NLAGN |
Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.10 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 127 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | isolated |
Redshift | 0.021421 ± 0.000013 |
Radial velocity | 6422 ± 4 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(280 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.9 ± 6.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | March 17, 1893 |
Catalog names | |
IC 594 • UGC 5472 • PGC 29496 • CGCG 008-049 • MCG + 00-26-023 • IRAS F10059-0025 • 2MASX J10083197-0040003 • NSA 157880 • KIG 401 |
IC 594 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 280 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years across.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 17, 1893 .