IC 2748
| Galaxy IC 2748 |
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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 44.037 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 48 ′ 17.93 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 16.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 17.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 'x 0.3' |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.069944 ± 0.000174 |
| Radial velocity | 20,969 ± 52 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(932 ± 65) · 10 6 Lj (285.9 ± 20.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2748 • PGC 3091442 • 2MASX J11214406 + 0848182 • 2MASS J11214404 + 0848179 • GALEX ASC J112144.14 + 084817.7 • WISEA J112144.04 + 084817.9 | |
IC 2748 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 932 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2740 , IC 2749 , IC 2757 , IC 2783 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .