IC 2574

E450573

IC 2574 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, notable for its active star formation and membership in the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf irregular galaxy
galaxy
angularSize 13.2 × 5.4 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV 10.4
belongsTo Northern celestial hemisphere
catalog Index Catalogue NERFINISHED
constellation Ursa Major NERFINISHED
contains H II regions
neutral hydrogen (H I)
superbubbles
declination +68° 24′ (approximate)
discoveredBy Edwin Coddington NERFINISHED
discoveryYear 1898
distanceFromEarth approximately 12 million light-years
approximately 3.6 megaparsecs
dominantStellarPopulation young stars
environment nearby to M81
nearby to NGC 2403 subgroup
galacticLatitude +43 degrees (approximate)
galaxyGroup M81 Group NERFINISHED
galaxyType Magellanic-type irregular
gasContent gas-rich
hasDustContent low to moderate
hasRotationCurve dark-matter-dominated
hasStarFormation yes
locatedIn M81 Group NERFINISHED
local universe
memberOf M81 Group NERFINISHED
metallicity low
morphologicalType IBm NERFINISHED
observationalClass nearby dwarf galaxy
observedIn optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
ultraviolet wavelengths
otherName Coddington’s Nebula NERFINISHED
PGC 28757 NERFINISHED
UGC 5666 NERFINISHED
partOf Local Volume
radialVelocity 136 km/s
redshift 0.000567
rightAscension 10h 28m (approximate)
starFormationActivity active
surfaceBrightness low
usedFor studies of dark matter in dwarf galaxies
studies of star formation in low-metallicity environments
visibleFrom mid-northern latitudes

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M81 Group containsGalaxy IC 2574