IC 2544
| Galaxy IC 2544 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 08 m 29.7 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 20 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | P. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 'x 0.4' |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029049 ± 0.000074 |
| Radial velocity | 8709 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(388 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (118.9 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 12, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2544 • PGC 29491 • CGCG 182-078 • IRAS F10055 + 3335 • KUG 1005 + 335 • 2MASX J10082971 + 3320467 • SDSS J100829.72 + 332046.9 • NSA 157878 | |
IC 2544 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo Minor at the northern sky . It is an estimated 388 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3118 and IC 2542 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 12, 1896 .