IC 2955
| Galaxy IC 2955 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 45 m 03.9 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 37 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cE |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 'x 0.9' |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Leo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.021718 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 6511 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(289 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.5 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | March 28, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2955 • PGC 36603 • CGCG 097-128 • MCG + 03-30-096 • 2MASX J11450385 + 1937139 • LEDA 36603 • LDCE 836 NED032 | |
IC 2955 is a compact elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type cE in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 289 million light years from the Milky Way , about 75,000 ly in diameter, and is a member of the Leo cluster of galaxies Abell 1367 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3857 , NGC 3859 , NGC 3862 , NGC 3868 , among others .
The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on March 28, 1886 .
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Attention: The sorting key “IC 2955” overwrites the previously used key “IC2955”.