IC 2250

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Galaxy
IC 2250
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 16 m 32.1 s
declination + 23 ° 37 ′ 59 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SBd? pec  
Brightness  (visual) 15.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.2 ′ × 0.2 ′
Surface brightness 12.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013165 ± 0.000008  
Radial velocity 3947 ± 2 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(173 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(53.1 ± 3.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Max Wolf
Discovery date January 9, 1901
Catalog names
IC  2250 • PGC  1690833 • 2MASX  J08163213 + 2337588 • SDSS J081632.15 + 233758.7

IC 2250 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type SBd pec in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is around 173 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of> 10,000 light years .
The galaxy NGC 2554 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 9, 1901 .

See also

List of IC objects

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : IC 2250
  3. Seligman