IC 2690
| Galaxy IC 2690 |
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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 17 m 21.6 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 58 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.114757 ± 0.001264 |
| Radial velocity | 34,403 ± 379 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(1533 ± 109) · 10 6 ly (470.1 ± 33.3) Mpc |
| diameter | 80,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2690 • PGC 1420052 • 2MASX J11172157 + 1258310 • 2MASS J11172158 + 1258316 | |
IC 2690 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in Leo on the ecliptic . It is about 1.5 billion light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter . Together with IC 2689, it forms an optical duo in the sky .
The galaxies NGC 3623 , IC 2684 , IC 2694 , IC 2708 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was on March 27, 1906 by Max Wolf .