IC 2601
| Galaxy IC 2601 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 47 m 13.3 s |
| declination | + 72 ° 19 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.5 |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033496 |
| Radial velocity | 10,042 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(454 ± 32) x 10 6 ly (139.2 ± 9.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | March 14, 1899 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2601 • PGC 32187 • CGCG 333-053 • MCG + 12-10-078 • 2MASX J10471326 + 7219228 • | |
IC 2601 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0? in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky , which is an estimated 454 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 14, 1899 by Guillaume Bigourdan .