IC 693
| Galaxy IC 693 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 26 m 48.6 s |
| declination | -05 ° 00 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035238 ± 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | (10564 ± 13) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(466 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (142.8 ± 10.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 18, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 693 • PGC 35208 • CGCG 067-073 • 2MASX J11264861-0500141 • | |
IC 693 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 466 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 18, 1893 by the astronomer Stéphane Javelle .