IC 2656
| Galaxy IC 2656 |
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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 15 m 05.4 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 22 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.069438 ± 0.000141 |
| Radial velocity | 20,817 ± 42 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(926 ± 65) x 10 6 ly (284 ± 19.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2656 • 2MASX J11150531 + 1222446 • | |
IC 2656 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic , which is an estimated 926 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .