IC 603

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Galaxy
IC 603
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Constellation sextant
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 19 m 25.0 s
declination -05 ° 39 ′ 22 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SB (r) a:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 157 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Abell 993  
Redshift 0.018012 ± 0.000203  
Radial velocity 5400 ± 61 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(234 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(71.8 ± 5.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date May 4, 1893
Catalog names
IC  603 • PGC  30166 • MCG  -01-26-041 • 2MASX  J10192504-0539223 •

IC 603 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is around 234 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 light years .

The Type Ia supernova SN 2002jm was observed here.

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 4, 1893 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : IC 603
  3. ↑ Simbad
  4. ↑ Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0603” overwrites the previously used key “IC0603”.