IC 720
| Galaxy IC 720 |
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![IC 720 with LEDA 1353704 (ro) & LEDA 93112 (u) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC720_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 720 with LEDA 1353704 (ro) & LEDA 93112 (u) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 42 m 22.30 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 46 ′ 04.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.021251 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 6371 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(281 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.1 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Rudolf Spitaler |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 720 • PGC 36333 • CGCG 068-035 • MCG + 02-30-016 • KPG 298 | |
IC 720 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc with an active galaxy core in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 281 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 93112 , it forms an interacting pair of galaxies.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 718 , IC 719 , IC 722 , IC 724 .
The object was discovered by Rudolf Spitaler on March 25, 1892 .