IC 2307
| Galaxy IC 2307 |
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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 20 m 42.8 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 26 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 x 0.3 |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.043153 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 12,937 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(574 ± 40) · 10 6 ly (176 ± 12.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | February 13, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2307 • PGC 023417 • CGCG 089-004 • 2MASX J08204284 + 1926264 • GALEX ASC J082042.80 + 192625.9 | |
IC 2307 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 574 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2572 and IC 2308 , among others .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on February 13, 1901 .