IC 2564
| Galaxy IC 2564 |
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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 | 10 h 21 m 27.7 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 27 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 × 0.4 |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.053097 ± 0.000198 |
| Radial velocity | 15,918 ± 59 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(711 ± 50) x 10 6 ly (217.9 ± 15.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2564 • PGC 2080857 • 2MASX J10212774 + 3627075 • | |
IC 2564 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Leo Minor at the northern sky , an estimated 711 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2566 and IC 2568 .
The object was discovered on April 13, 1896 by Stéphane Javelle .