IC 2974
| Galaxy IC 2974 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 53 m 48.7 s |
| declination | -05 ° 10 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.20 × 0.5 |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019153 +/- 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 5742 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(251 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.9 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1895 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2974 • PGC 37304 • MCG -01-30-045 • IRAS 11512-0453 • 2MASX J11534872-0510044 • LDCE 845 NED004 • NVSS J115348-050958 | |
IC 2974 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 251 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 165,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 741 .
The object was discovered on March 23, 1895 by the astronomer Lewis Swift .