IC 2604
| Galaxy IC 2604 |
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| IC 2604 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .