IC 2797
| Galaxy IC 2797 |
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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 24 m 21.0 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 42 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 16.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 17.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.069139 ± 0.000166 |
| Radial velocity | 20,727 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(922 ± 65) · 10 6 Lj (282.7 ± 19.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2797 • PGC 3091132 • 2MASX J11242105 + 1142212 • GALEX ASC J112421.07 + 114219.6 • ASK 381435.0 | |
IC 2797 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 922 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 3666 , IC 2792 , IC 2795 , IC 2807 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 27, 1906 by the German astronomer Max Wolf .