IC 2

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Galaxy
IC 2
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Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

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

Attention: The sort key "IC 0002" overwrites the previously used key "IC0002".