IC 2249
| Galaxy IC 2249 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 16 m 34.4 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 29 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 'x 0.3' |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029700 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 8904 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(395 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (121.0 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 9, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2249 • PGC 23202 • KUG 0813 + 246 • 2MASX J08163443 + 2429369 • AGC 183162 • NSA 64379 | |
IC 2249 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 395 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2254 , IC 2256 , IC 2267 , IC 2271 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 9, 1901 .