IC 2798
| Galaxy IC 2798 |
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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 24.0 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 24 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039900 ± 0.000192 |
| Radial velocity | 11,962 ± 58 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(531 ± 37) · 10 6 ly (162.7 ± 11.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2798 • PGC 91114 • 2MASX J11242396 + 1224574 • GALEX ASC J112423.91 + 122459.1 • AGC 212916 | |
IC 2798 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 531 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years across .
The galaxies IC 2781 , IC 2795 , IC 2800 , IC 2802 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .