IC 601
| Galaxy IC 601 |
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| IC 602 & IC 601 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 18 m 15.3 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 02 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012175 ± 0.000112 |
| Radial velocity | 3650 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(158 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.3 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 601 • PGC 30086 • CGCG 036-087 • MCG + 01-26-033 • 2MASX J10181525 + 0702199 • NSA 040156 • HOLM 176B | |
IC 601 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 158 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly. Together with IC 602 , it forms a bound galaxy pair.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3186 .
The object was discovered on April 10, 1893 by Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0601” overwrites the previously used key “IC0601”.