IC 2666
| Galaxy IC 2666 |
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![IC 2666 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC2666_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 2666 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 15 m 43.770 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 46 ′ 56.13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 'x 0.6' |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025004 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 7496 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(331 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.5 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2666 • PGC 34342 • CGCG 067-044 • MCG + 02-29-016 • 2MASX J11154377 + 1346559 • GALEX ASC J111543.78 + 134656.9 • NSA 74887 • WISEA J111543.78 + 134656.3 | |
IC 2666 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb with an active galaxy core in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 331 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2650 , IC 2657 , IC 2661 , IC 2695 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .