IC 2740
| Galaxy IC 2740 |
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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 21 m 17.060 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 45 ′ 8.30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.110824 ± 0.000152 |
| Radial velocity | 33,224 ± 46 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(1480 ± 104) · 10 6 Lj (453.8 ± 31.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2740 • PGC 1353045 • 2MASX J11211707 + 0845089 • 2MASS J11211703 + 0845079 • GALEX ASC J112116.93 + 084508.9 • SDSS J112117.06 + 084508.3 | |
IC 2740 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 1.5 billion light-years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light-years across .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2741 , IC 2748 , IC 2749 , IC 2757 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .