IC 725
| Galaxy IC 725 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 43 m 29.3 s |
| declination | -01 ° 40 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.5 |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.044232 +/- 0.000122 |
| Radial velocity | 13,260 +/- 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(587 ± 41) · 10 6 ly (180.0 ± 12.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 725 • PGC 36444 • CGCG 012-065 • 2MASX J11432935-0140048 • | |
IC 725 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Virgo. It is estimated to be 587 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on April 7, 1893 by Stéphane Javelle .