IC 2616

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Galaxy
IC 2616
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 02 m 05.7 s
declination + 38 ° 47 ′ 14 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 15.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.30 × 0.2
Position angle 85 °
Surface brightness 11.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.030311 ± 0.000206  
Radial velocity (9087 ± 62) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(406 ± 29)  ·  10 6  ly
(124.5 ± 8.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date March 22, 1903
Catalog names
IC  2616 • PGC  33291 • CGCG  213-018 • MCG  + 07-23-012 • 2MASX  J11020574 + 3847137 • LDCE 0773 NED001

IC 2616 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky , which is an estimated 406 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 f SEDS : IC 2616
  3. Seligman