IC 2574,也被稱為「柯丁頓星雲」(Coddington Nebula),是一個大熊座螺旋星系,由美國天文學家埃德溫·福斯特·柯丁頓於1898年發現[8][9],是M81星系團的外圍成員。天文學家認為該星系質量的90%以暗物質的形式存在[10],目前未發現IC 2574與其他星系相互作用的證據。 IC 2574目前正在形成恆星紫外線分析顯示恆星形成的區域大小為85至500光年[11]

IC 2574
Picture of IC 2574 produced with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys
觀測資料(J2000 曆元
星座大熊座
赤經10h 28m 23.62046s[1]
赤緯+68° 24′ 43.4414″[1]
紅移0.000160±0.000020[2]
距離12.8 Mly(3.93 Mpc[3]
特徵
類型SABm[4]
角直徑 (V)12.02 × 5.50′[5]
其他名稱
Coddington's Nebula,[6] UGC 5666[7]
參見:星系星系列表

參考資料

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  6. ^ APOD: 2012 June 22 – IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula. apod.nasa.gov. [2020-01-16]. (原始內容存檔於2018-03-03). 
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  8. ^ Some of The Named Galaxies. iitk.ac.in/. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. [2018-11-06]. (原始內容存檔於2012-01-04). 
  9. ^ Walter, Fabian; Brinks, Elias. Holes and Shells in the Interstellar Medium of the Nearby Dwarf Galaxy IC 2574. The Astronomical Journal (Institute of Physics). 1999, 118 (1): 273–301. Bibcode:1999AJ....118..273W. S2CID 14572518. arXiv:astro-ph/9904002 . doi:10.1086/300906. 
  10. ^ Darling, David. Coddington's Nebula (IC 2574). Worlds of David Darling. [2019-01-16]. (原始內容存檔於2022-11-17). 
  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.