IC 2254
| Galaxy IC 2254 |
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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 45.5 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 46 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SABab |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.30 'x 0.2' |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024924 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 7472 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(331 ± 23) · 10 6 ly (101.4 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stephane Javelle |
| Discovery date | February 11, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2254 • PGC 23206 • CGCG 119-025 • IRAS 08137 + 2455 • 2MASX J08164548 + 2446483 • GALEX ASC J081645.37 + 244649.8 • AGC 180153 • NSA 64377 | |
IC 2254 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 331 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 2249 , IC 2267 , IC 2268 , IC 2271 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 11, 1896 .