IC 2657
| Galaxy IC 2657 |
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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 08.7 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 41 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 × 0.3 |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.167932 ± 0.000208 |
| Radial velocity | 50,345 ± 62 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(2246 ± 157) · 10 6 ly (688.5 ± 48.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2657 • 2MASX J11150874 + 1341406 • | |
IC 2657 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0? in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic , it is an estimated 2.25 billion light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .