IC 2551
| Galaxy IC 2551 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 10 m 40.3 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 24 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 × 0.8 |
| Position angle | 33 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.021185 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 6351 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(281 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.1 ± 6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 26, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2551 • UGC 5488 • PGC 29632 • CGCG 123-020 • MCG + 04-24-016 • IRAS 10078 + 2439 • 2MASX J10104029 + 2424510 • GALEX ASC J101040.32 + 242450.3 • SIG 2181 | |
IC 2551 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Leo the northern sky . It is around 281 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 85,000 light years .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 26, 1903 .