IC 2660
| Galaxy IC 2660 |
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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 28.443 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 26 ′ 13.94 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.048273 ± 0.000171 |
| Radial velocity | 14,472 ± 51 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(643 ± 45) · 10 6 ly (197.0 ± 13.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2660 • PGC 1409536 • 2MASX J11152842 + 1226139 • 2MASS J11152844 + 1226138 • NSA 066085 • WISEA J111528.44 + 122613.0 | |
IC 2660 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 643 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2646 , IC 2652 , IC 2654 , IC 2656 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .