IC 2604

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Galaxy
IC 2604
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IC 2604 [1]
IC 2604
AladinLite
Constellation Little lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 49 m 25.070 s
declination + 32 ° 46 ′ 21.80 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (s) w  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 40 °
Surface brightness 14.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 3396 group
LGG 218  
Redshift 0.005447 ± 0.00001  
Radial velocity 1633 ± 3 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(72 ± 5)  x  10 6  ly
(22.1 ± 1.5)  Mpc 
diameter 25,000 ly
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date May 7, 1887
Catalog names
IC  2604 • PGC  32390 • CGCG  184-017 • MCG  + 06-24-016 • 2MASX  J10492498 + 3246217 • GALEX ASC J104924.94 + 324621.9 • WISEA J104925.11 + 324621.6 • NSA 090213

IC 2604 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBm in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is around 72 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 25,000 light years . She is a member of the eleven galaxies counting NGC 3396 group ( LGG 218 ).
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3395 , NGC 3396 , IC 2608 , IC 2613 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 7, 1887 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 2604
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. Seligman