IC 668
| Galaxy IC 668 |
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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 06 m 39.5 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 02 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 87 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033086 ± 0.000153 |
| Radial velocity | (9919 ± 46) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(440 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (134.8 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 15, 1894 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 668 • PGC 33613 • CGCG 095-112 • 2MASX J11063955 + 1502272 • | |
IC 668 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 440 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on January 15, 1894 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .