- Source: IC 2574
IC 2574, also known as Coddington's Nebula, is a dwarf spiral galaxy discovered by American astronomer Edwin Foster Coddington in 1898. 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. 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.
References
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- IC 2574
- Edwin Foster Coddington
- M81 Group
- List of IC objects
- Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte
- Rho Ursae Majoris
- Omega Ursae Majoris
- Sigma1 Ursae Majoris
- Chi Ursae Majoris
- Tau Ursae Majoris