IC 2800
Galaxy IC 2800 |
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SDSS image from LEDA 1405555 & IC 2800 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 24 m 27.1 s |
declination | + 12 ° 12 ′ 32 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S. |
Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
Position angle | 95 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.054679 ± 0.000090 |
Radial velocity | 16392 ± 27 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(729 ± 51) · 10 6 Lj (223.4 ± 15.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Max Wolf |
Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
Catalog names | |
IC 2800 • PGC 3543021 • 2MASX J11242708 + 1212314 • NSA 66207 |
IC 2800 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 729 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 2781 , IC 2795 , IC 2798 , IC 2802 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 27, 1906 by the German astronomer Max Wolf .