IC 597
| Galaxy IC 597 |
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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 10 m 11.9 s |
| declination | -06 ° 53 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016398 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | (4916 ± 45) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(212 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.0 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 4, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 590 • UGC 5443 • PGC 29316 • CGCG 008-037 • MCG + 00-26-018 • | |
IC 597 is a Hubble-type S galaxy in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 212 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 4, 1893 .