IC 2876
| Galaxy IC 2876 |
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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 29 m 33.6 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 00 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.064314 ± 0.000176 |
| Radial velocity | 19281 ± 53 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(857 ± 60) · 10 6 ly (262.8 ± 18.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2876 • PGC 1358040 • 2MASX J11293360 + 0900580 • GALEX ASC J112933.63 + 090057.3 • ASK 271636.0 | |
IC 2876 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 857 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years across.
The galaxies IC 698 , IC 699 , IC 2867 , IC 2879 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .