IC 2574

IC 2574
Picture of IC 2574 produced with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension10h 28m 23.62046s[1]
Declination+68° 24′ 43.4414″[1]
Redshift0.000160±0.000020[2]
Distance12.8 Mly (3.93 Mpc)[3]
Characteristics
TypeSABm[4]
Apparent size (V)12.02′ × 5.50′[5]
Other designations
Coddington's Nebula,[6] UGC 5666[7]

IC 2574, also known as Coddington's Nebula, is a dwarf spiral galaxy[6] discovered by American astronomer Edwin Foster Coddington in 1898.[8][9] Located in Ursa Major, a constellation in the northern sky, it is an outlying member of the M81 Group. It is believed that 90% of its mass is in the form of dark matter.[10] IC 2574 does not show evidence of interaction with other galaxies. It is currently forming stars; a UV analysis showed clumps of star formation 85 to 500 light-years (26 to 150 pc) in size.[11]

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