IC 2308
| Galaxy IC 2308 |
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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 45.2 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 21 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.60 x 0.3 |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019150 ± 0.000014 |
| Radial velocity | 5741 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(252 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.4 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | February 13, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2308 • PGC 023415 • CGCG 089-006 • MCG + 03-22-001 • IRAS 08178 + 1931 • 2MASX J08204524 + 1921444 • | |
IC 2308 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc? or a galaxy group consisting of 3 galaxies in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic , which is an estimated 252 million light years from the Milky Way . The galaxy IC 2307 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on February 13, 1901 .