IC 2698
| Galaxy IC 2698 |
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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 51.0 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 53 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IBm? pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 '× 0.4' |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020010 ± 0.000085 |
| Radial velocity | 5999 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(264 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2698 • PGC 34510 • CGCG 067-051 • SDSS J111751.01 + 115308.7 | |
IC 2698 is an irregular galaxy of the Hubble type IBm / P in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 264 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies IC 2678 , IC 2679 , IC 2683 , IC 2700 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was on March 27, 1906 by Max Wolf .