IC 2212
| Galaxy IC 2212 |
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![IC 2212 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC2212_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 2212 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 58 m 57.195 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 36 ′ 44.15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 '× 0.5' |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028350 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 8499 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(378 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (116.0 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | February 11, 1898 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2212 • PGC 22371 • CGCG 178-013 • MCG + 05-19-024 • 2MASX J07585721 + 3236446 • 2MASS J07585720 + 3236441 • WISEA J075857.20 + 323644.1 • NSA 033350 | |
IC 2212 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa with an active galaxy core in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is an estimated 378 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2211 and IC 2214 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 11, 1898 .