IC 2651

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Galaxy
IC 2651
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 14 m 52.3 s
declination + 12 ° 14 ′ 23 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb  
Brightness  (visual) 15.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 × 0.2
Position angle 90 °
Surface brightness 12.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.068910 ± 0.000170  
Radial velocity 20,659 ± 51 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(919 ± 64)  ·  10 6  Lj
(281.8 ± 19.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 27, 1906
Catalog names
IC  2651 • PGC  1406082 • 2MASX  J11145228 + 1214226 • SDSS J111452.28 + 121423.1 • ASK 381341.0

IC 2651 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 919 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies IC 677 , IC 2652 , IC 2655 , IC 2656 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 2651
  3. Seligman