IC 2900

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Galaxy
IC 2900
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SDSS image from IC 2900
SDSS image from IC 2900
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 31 m 29.7 s
declination + 13 ° 10 ′ 02 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 16.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 17.9 likes
Angular expansion 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 130 °
Surface brightness 13.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.084032 +/- 0.000100  
Radial velocity 25192 +/- 30 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(1122 ± 79)  ·  10 6  ly
(344 ± 24.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date March 27, 1906
Catalog names
IC  2900 • PGC  1424467 • 2MASX  J11312967 + 1310019 •

IC 2900 is a galaxy from the Hubble sequence SBb? in the constellation Leo . It is estimated to be 1.1 billion light years from the Milky Way .

The astronomical object was discovered on March 27, 1906 by the German astronomer Max Wolf .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 2900
  3. Seligman