IC 2759
| Galaxy IC 2759 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 22 m 13.3 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 19 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025684 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | (7700 ± 23) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(342 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (104.9 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2759 • PGC 34881 • CGCG 126-041 • MCG + 04-27-027 • HCG 51E • LDCE 0802 NED002 | |
IC 2759 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Leo. It is estimated to be 342 million light years from the Milky Way . The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on April 24, 1897 .