IC 726

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Galaxy
IC 726
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Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 43 m 45.3 s
declination + 33 ° 23 ′ 31 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0?  
Brightness  (visual) 16.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 17.0 likes
Angular expansion 0.30 × 0.2
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.031942 +/- 0.000150  
Radial velocity 9576 +/- 45 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(428 ± 30)  x  10 6  ly
(131.2 ± 9.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Rudolf Spitaler
Discovery date March 12, 1891
Catalog names
IC  726 • PGC  213876 • 2MASX  J11434531 + 3323309 •

IC 726 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Great Bear. It is estimated to be 428 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of around 40,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 3847 , NGC 3855 , IC 2952 , PGC 36455 .

The object was discovered by Rudolf Spitaler on March 12, 1891 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 726
  3. Seligman