IC 683
| Galaxy IC 683 |
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| SDSS image of IC 683 (left) & PGC 34793 (right) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 21 m 31.8 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 45 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.051832 ± 0.000220 |
| Radial velocity | (15539 ± 66) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(689 ± 48) · 10 6 ly (211.3 ± 14.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 683 • PGC 34807 • CGCG 039-138 • 2MASX J11213177 + 0245062 • | |
IC 683 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E in Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 689 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 14, 1888 by the astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan .