IC 2398
| Galaxy IC 2398 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 46 m 44.6 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 45 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030677 ± 0.000092 |
| Radial velocity | 9197 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(407 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (124.7 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 13, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2398 • PGC 24664 • CGCG 090-006 • MCG + 03-23-003 • IRAS 08439 + 1756 • 2MASX J08464456 + 1745177 • | |
| GALEX ASC J084644.61 + 174516.9 | |
IC 2398 is a spiral-shaped radio galaxy from the Hubble type S in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 407 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 2392 , IC 2406 , IC 2407 , IC 2409 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 13, 1901 .