IC 2112
| Galaxy IC 2112 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Orion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 00 m 30.1 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 23 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.2 |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035720 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 10,709 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(476 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (145.8 ± 10.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 26, 1894 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2112 • PGC 16534 • CGCG 420-027 • IRAS F04578 + 0419 • 2MASX J05003015 + 0423113 • NVSS J050029 + 042256 | |
IC 2112 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Orion the northern sky . It is an estimated 476 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on January 26, 1894 .