IC 2
| Galaxy IC 2 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 11 m 00.9 s |
| declination | -12 ° 49 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 141 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022599 ± 0.000834 |
| Radial velocity | 6775 ± 250 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(306 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (93.7 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 3, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2 • PGC 778 • MCG -02-01-031 • IRAS 00084-1306 • 2MASX J00110081-1249206 • NVSS J001101-124916 | |
IC 2 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation whale south of the celestial equator. It is estimated to be 306 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light-years across .
The galaxies NGC 17 and NGC 35 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 3, 1891 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .
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Attention: The sort key "IC 0002" overwrites the previously used key "IC0002".