IC 2853
| Galaxy IC 2853 |
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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 28 m 14.8 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 08 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBab |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 'x 0.5' |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 334-002 |
| Redshift | 0.021048 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 6310 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(278 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.2 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2853 • UGC 6470 • PGC 35302 • CGCG 067-083 • MCG + 02-29-031 • IRAS 11256 + 0925 • 2MASX J11281485 + 0908499 • NSA 48509 • HOLM 257C • LDCE 813 NED002 | |
IC 2853 is a spiral radio galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 278 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies IC 696 , IC 2850 , IC 2857 , IC 2867 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .