IC 2912
| Galaxy IC 2912 |
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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 32 m 07.1 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 42 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 '× 0.1' |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.088413 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 26,506 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(1180 ± 83) · 10 6 Lj (361.9 ± 25.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1906 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2912 • PGC 1397617 • 2MASX J11320710 + 1142351 • GALEX ASC J113207.19 + 114235.0 | |
IC 2912 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 1.2 billion light-years from the Milky Way and about 170,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2886 , IC 2896 , IC 2909 , IC 2929 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906 .