IC 612
| Galaxy IC 612 |
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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 | 10 h 27 m 05.8 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 03 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1016 |
| Redshift | 0.032429 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 9722 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(430 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (131.7 ± 9.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 18, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 612 • PGC 30729 • CGCG 065-039 • MCG + 02-27-019 • 2MASX J10270587 + 1103173 • GALEX ASC J102705.85 + 110318.7 • USGC U305 NED02 | |
IC 612 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is around 430 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 light years .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3217 , IC 606 , IC 613 , IC 615 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 18, 1893 .