IC 706
| Galaxy IC 706 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Southern crown |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 33 m 12.6 s |
| declination | -13 ° 20 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 111 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016615 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 4981 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(216 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (66.1 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 706 • PGC 35658 • MCG -02-30-004 • 2MASX J11331262-1320169 • LDCE 0812 NED005 | |
IC 706 is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Becher in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 216 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3715 , NGC 3727 , NGC 3734 , IC 2889 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 21, 1892 .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0706" overwrites the previously used key "IC0706".