IC 669
| Galaxy IC 669 |
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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 07 m 16.6 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 18 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029357 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | (8801 ± 50) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(388 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (119.0 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | David Todd |
| Discovery date | December 3, 1877 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 669 • UGC 6174 • PGC 33662 • CGCG 038-132 • MCG + 01-28-040 • 2MASX J11071654 + 0618084 • | |
IC 669 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 388 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on December 3, 1877 by the astronomer David Peck Todd .