IC 727
| Galaxy IC 727 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 44 m 28.6 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 47 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.60 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 161 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019707 +/- 0.000002 |
| Radial velocity | 5908 +/- 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(260 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (79.8 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 23, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 727 • UGC 6715 • PGC 36536 • CGCG 068-050 • MCG + 02-30-025 • 2MASX J11442860 + 1047016 • LDCE 0835 NED011 | |
IC 727 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 260 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 125,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3820 , NGC 3833 , NGC 3839 , NGC 3869 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 23, 1892 .