IC 2600

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Galaxy
IC 2600
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Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 46 m 38.8 s
declination + 72 ° 19 ′ 14 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 15.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.60 x 0.4
Position angle 125 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.034347 ± 0.000147  
Radial velocity 10297 ± 44 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(465 ± 33)  ·  10 6  ly
(142.7 ± 10)  Mpc 
history
discovery Guillaume Bigourdan
Discovery date March 14, 1899
Catalog names
IC  2600 • PGC  32151 • MCG  + 12-10-075 • 2MASX  J10463880 + 7219136 •

IC 2600 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky , which is an estimated 465 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on March 14, 1899 by Guillaume Bigourdan .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 2600
  3. Seligman