IC 2707
| Galaxy IC 2707 |
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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 57.2 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 24 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E5 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.077928 ± 0.000182 |
| Radial velocity | 23362 ± 55 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(1039 ± 73) · 10 6 ly (318.7 ± 22.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2702 • PGC 1364735 • 2MASX J11175723 + 0924445 • GALEX ASC J111757.31 + 092446.4 | |
IC 2707 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E5 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 1 billion light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 2676 , IC 2680 , IC 2702 , IC 2712 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .