IC 2288
| Galaxy IC 2288 |
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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 19 m 22.4 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 44 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 x 0.3 |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015354 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4603 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(203 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.1 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | February 13, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2288 • PGC 023342 • CGCG 119-052 • MCG + 04-20-023 • KUG 0816 + 239 • 2MASX J08192236 + 2344505 • NSA 64341 | |
IC 2288 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 203 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 2554 and IC 2250 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on February 13, 1901 .