IC 594
| Galaxy IC 594 |
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![IC 594 with LEDA 1137447 (lu) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC594_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 594 with LEDA 1137447 (lu) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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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 |
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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 .