IC 2615

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Galaxy
IC 2615
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 02 m 02.3 s
declination + 37 ° 56 ′ 43 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 × 0.4
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.028290 ± 0.000097  
Radial velocity (8481 ± 29) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(379 ± 26)  ·  10 6  ly
(116.2 ± 8.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date March 22, 1903
Catalog names
IC  2615 • PGC  33289 • CGCG  184-044 • 2MASX  J11020228 + 3756427 •

IC 2615 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a? in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky , which is an estimated 379 million light years from the Milky Way .

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 2615
  3. Seligman