IC 2569
| Galaxy IC 2569 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 22 m 53.6 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 36 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.046369 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 13,901 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(618 ± 43) · 10 6 ly (189.6 ± 13.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 26, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2569 • PGC 1711559 • 2MASX J10225359 + 2436225 • GALEX ASC J102253.50 + 243625.8 | |
IC 2569 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 618 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 550,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3216 and IC 2567 .
The object was discovered on March 26, 1900 by Stéphane Javelle .