IC 2640
| Galaxy IC 2640 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 14 m 05.5 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 59 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.041019 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 12,297 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(545 ± 38) · 10 6 ly (167.2 ± 11.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2640 • PGC 1387441 • 2MASX J11140548 + 1059516 • | |
IC 2640 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3? in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 281 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2636 , IC 2638 , IC 2644 , IC 2674 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .