IC 2712
| Galaxy IC 2712 |
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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 18 m 52.8 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 37 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.2 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030948 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 9278 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(410 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (125.8 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2712 • PGC 3091441 • 2MASX J11185281 + 0937362 • NSA 048482 • AGC 213072 | |
IC 2712 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 410 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 2676 , IC 2680 , IC 2702 , IC 2707 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .