IC 2680

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Galaxy
IC 2680
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IC 2680 & IC 2676 [1]
IC 2680 & IC 2676
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 16 m 25.534 s
declination + 09 ° 48 ′ 25.74 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA (r) 0 / a?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 135 °
Surface brightness 11.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.057359 ± 0.000159  
Radial velocity 17,196 ± 48 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(764 ± 53)  ·  10 6  ly
(234.2 ± 16.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 27, 1906
Catalog names
IC  2680 • PGC  34387 • CGCG  067-047 • 2MASX  J11162551 + 0948259 • GALEX ASC J111625.55 + 094826.3 • KIG 473

IC 2680 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 764 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies IC 2648 , IC 2673 , IC 2676 , IC 2702 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 2680
  4. Seligman