IC 608
Galaxy IC 608 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | sextant |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 24 m 21.1 s |
declination | -06 ° 02 ′ 22 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S? |
Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.55 ′ |
Position angle | 108 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.037486 ± 0.000103 |
Radial velocity | 11,238 ± 31 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(495 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (151.7 ± 10.6) Mpc |
diameter | 115,000 ly |
history | |
discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
Discovery date | May 4, 1893 |
Catalog names | |
IC 608 • PGC 30500 • MCG -01-27-008 • 2MASX J10242114-0602215 • GALEX ASC J102421.10-060219.5 |
IC 608 is a galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type S? pec in the constellation Sextant south of the celestial equator . It is around 495 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 115,000 light years .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 4, 1893 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 0608” overwrites the previously used key “IC0608”.