IC 2525
| Galaxy IC 2525 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 58 m 24.9 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 06 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C / E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.051075 ± 0.000201 |
| Radial velocity | 15,312 ± 60 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(683 ± 48) · 10 6 ly (209.5 ± 14.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 11, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2525 • PGC 28807 • CGCG 182-052 • 2MASX J09582493 + 3706071 • NSA 065378 • SPIDER J149.60399 + 37.10187 | |
IC 2525 is a compact elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 683 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies IC 2515 , IC 2518 , IC 2530 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 11, 1896 .