IC 2568
| Galaxy IC 2568 |
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| with LEDA 87111 (ul) & SDSS J102230.23 + 363527.3 (u) | |
| 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 30.0 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 35 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.20 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 98 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026795 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 8033 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(358 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (109.9 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 13, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2568 • UGC 5603 • PGC 30371 • CGCG 183-019 NED01 • MCG + 06-23-009 • 2MASX J10223002 + 3635574 • | |
IC 2568 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 358 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies IC 2564 and IC 2566 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 13, 1896 .