IC 696
| Galaxy IC 696 |
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| SDSS image from IC 696 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 28 m 39.9 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 05 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBdm: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 144 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 334-004 |
| Redshift | 0.020951 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (6281 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(277 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (84.8 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Rudolf F. Spitaler |
| Discovery date | March 31, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 696 • UGC 6477 • PGC 35332 • CGCG 067-086 • MCG + 02-29-034 • 2MASX J11283992 + 0905552 • Stile 257A • USGC U392 NED04 | |
IC 696 is a spiral radio galaxy of the Hubble type SBdm in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 277 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies IC 698 , IC 2850 , IC 2857 , IC 2867 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Rudolf Spitaler on March 31, 1892 .