IC 2955

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IC 2955
SDSS IC 2955.jpg
SDSS image of IC 2955. The halo of NGC 3862 can be seen at the bottom left of the image.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 11h 45m 03.9s [1]
Declination 19° 37′ 14″ [1]
Redshift 0.021718 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 6511 km/s [1]
Distance 297  Mly (91.2  Mpc)
Group or cluster Leo Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.05 [1]
Characteristics
Type E [1]
Size~68,000  ly (21  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)0.2 x 0.2 [1]
Other designations
ARAK 318, CGCG 97-128, MCG 3-30-96, PGC 36603 [1]

IC 2955 is an elliptical [2] [3] galaxy located about 300 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Leo. [4] It was discovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on March 28, 1886. [5] It is a member of the Leo Cluster [6] [7] and is a companion of NGC 3862. [8]

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Description

The elliptical galaxy holds a yellow halo made up of cosmic dust.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for IC 2955. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  2. 1 2 "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  3. ↑ "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  4. ↑ "Revised IC Data for IC 2955". spider.seds.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  5. ↑ "Index Catalog Objects: IC 2950 - 2999". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  6. ↑ "IC 2955" . Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  7. ↑ "Hierarchy catalogue". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  8. ↑ Kleijn, Gijs A. Verdoes; Baum, Stefi A.; Zeeuw, P. Tim de; O'Dea, Chris P. (1999). "Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Nearby Radio-Loud Early-Type Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 118 (6): 2592. arXiv: astro-ph/9909256 . Bibcode:1999AJ....118.2592V. doi: 10.1086/301135 . ISSN   1538-3881.
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