IC 2700
| Galaxy IC 2700 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 17 m 54.183 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 03 ′ 15.13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.082573 ± 0.000156 |
| Radial velocity | 24,755 ± 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(1102 ± 77) · 10 6 Lj (337.9 ± 23.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2700 • PGC 1402998 • 2MASX J11175419 + 1203144 • GALEX ASC J111754.21 + 120315.6 • SDSS J111754.17 + 120315.1 | |
IC 2700 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Antlia in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 1.1 billion light years away from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2683 , IC 2698 , IC 2713 , IC 2718 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .