IC 2614

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Galaxy
IC 2614
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Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 01 m 33.8 s
declination + 38 ° 48 ′ 13 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E0?  
Brightness  (visual) 15.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.20 × 0.2
Surface brightness 12.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.030218 ± 0.000172  
Radial velocity (9059 ± 52) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(405 ± 28)  x  10 6  ly
(124.2 ± 8.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date March 22, 1903
Catalog names
IC  2614 • 2MASX  J11013383 + 3848137 • ASK 502943.0 • NSA 87393 • KIG 457

IC 2614 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 405 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 2616 , IC 2617 , IC 2619 , IC 2620 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 22, 1903 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 2614
  3. Seligman