IC 602
| Galaxy IC 602 |
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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 19.7 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 02 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S: / LLIRG |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012609 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 3780 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(163 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (50.1 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 602 • UGC 5561 • PGC 30090 • CGCG 036-089 • MCG + 01-26-034 • IRAS 10157 + 0717 • 2MASX J10181970 + 0702571 • NVSS J101819 + 070255 • HOLM 176A | |
IC 602 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 163 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly. Together with IC 601 , 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 0602” overwrites the previously used key “IC0602”.