IC 2574,也被称为“柯丁顿星云”(Coddington Nebula),是一个大熊座螺旋星系,由美国天文学家埃德温·福斯特·柯丁顿于1898年发现[8][9],是M81星系团的外围成员。天文学家认为该星系质量的90%以暗物质的形式存在[10],目前未发现IC 2574与其他星系相互作用的证据。 IC 2574目前正在形成恒星紫外线分析显示恒星形成的区域大小为85至500光年[11]

IC 2574
Picture of IC 2574 produced with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys
观测资料(J2000 历元
星座大熊座
赤经10h 28m 23.62046s[1]
赤纬+68° 24′ 43.4414″[1]
红移0.000160±0.000020[2]
距离12.8 Mly(3.93 Mpc[3]
特征
类型SABm[4]
角直径 (V)12.02 × 5.50′[5]
其他名称
Coddington's Nebula,[6] UGC 5666[7]
参见:星系星系列表

参考资料

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  11. ^ Mondal, Chayan; Subramaniam, Annapurni; George, Koshy. A tale of two nearby dwarf irregular galaxies WLM and IC 2574: As revealed by UVIT. Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy. 2021, 42 (2): 50. Bibcode:2021JApA...42...50M. S2CID 235212077. arXiv:2105.13048 . doi:10.1007/s12036-021-09761-z.