IC 2341
| Galaxy IC 2341 |
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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 23 m 41.4 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 26 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 'x 0.6' |
| Position angle | 1 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017155 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 5143 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(226 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (69.3 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 2, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2341 • UGC 4384 • PGC 23552 • CGCG 119-081 • MCG + 04-20-046 • 2MASX J08234141 + 2126048 • GALEX ASC J082341.41 + 212604.9 • LDCE 571 NED013 • NSA 84243 | |
IC 2341 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 226 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2569 , NGC 2570 , IC 2338 , IC 2339 .
The object was discovered on March 2, 1896 by Stéphane Javelle .