IC 2673
| Galaxy IC 2673 |
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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 16 m 04.1 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 09 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c: / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.019664 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 5895 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(259 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (79.5 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2673 • UGC 6288 • PGC 34368 • CGCG 067-045 • MCG + 02-29-017 • 2MASX J11160413 + 1009445 • | |
| HOLM 239A • KIG 473 • SIG 857 | |
IC 2673 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 259 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 2638 , IC 2648 , IC 2676 , IC 2680 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .