IC 2612
| Galaxy IC 2612 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 53 m 37.1 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 46 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.044814 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 13,435 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(599 ± 42) · 10 6 ly (183.8 ± 12.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2612 • PGC 32704 • MCG + 06-24-033 • 2MASX J10533714 + 3246034 • GALEX ASC J105337.19 + 324603.9 • NSA 90231 | |
IC 2612 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 599 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 3413 , NGC 3424 , NGC 3430 , IC 2608 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on May 7, 1896 by Stéphane Javelle .