IC 2566
| Galaxy IC 2566 |
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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 22 m 19.4 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 34 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 x 0.5 |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025861 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 7753 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(346 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (106 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2566 • PGC 30357 • CGCG 183-018 • MCG + 06-23-008 • IRAS 10194 + 3650 • 2MASX J10221939 + 3634585 • | |
IC 2566 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 346 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 85,000 ly
. a. the galaxies IC 2564 and IC 2568 .
The object was discovered on April 13, 1896 by Stéphane Javelle .