IC 2657

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IC 2657
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IC 2657, seen by DESI Legacy Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 11h 15m 08.71s
Declination +13d 41m 40.99s
Redshift 0.167816
Heliocentric radial velocity 50,340 km/s
Distance 2.225 Gly (681.5 Mpc)
Group or cluster WHL J111508.7+134141
Absolute magnitude  (V)15.2
Surface brightness 12.7
Characteristics
Type E
Apparent size  (V)0.30' x 0.3'
Other designations
2MASX J11150874+1341406, PGC 3768035, WHL J111508.7+134141 BCG, OGC 134, HeCS J111508.71+134140.9

IC 2657 is a type E [1] elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Leo. Its redshift is 0.167816, [2] which means IC 2657 is 2.22 billion light-years away. [3] IC 2657 is the second most distant Index Catalogue object after IC 4017 [4] [5] and the brightest cluster galaxy inside a small galaxy group called WHL J111508.7+134141. [6] A large galaxy, measuring approximately 0.30 x 0.3 arcmin, it spans about 202,000 light-years across [7] and was discovered by Max Wolf on March 27, 1906. [8]

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