IC 2398

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Galaxy
IC 2398
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IC2398 - SDSS DR14.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 2398
  3. Seligman