IC 2812
| Galaxy IC 2812 |
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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 25 m 55.8 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 31 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.041840 ± 0.000180 |
| Radial velocity | 12,543 ± 54 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(556 ± 39) · 10 6 ly (170.6 ± 12.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2812 • PGC 1394991 • GALEX ASC J112555.83 + 113147.7 • NSA 66204 | |
IC 2812 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 556 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 3666 , IC 2807 , IC 2813 , IC 2822 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .