IC 2401
| Galaxy IC 2401 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 48 m 10.3 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 45 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 101 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.040635 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 12182 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(543 ± 38) · 10 6 ly (166.6 ± 11.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | February 14, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2401 • UGC 4600 • PGC 24728 • CGCG 179-034 • 180-008 • MCG + 06-20-005 • 2MASX J08481028 + 3745194 • GALEX ASC J084810.33 + 374519.5 | |
IC 2401 is a lens-shaped radio galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 543 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 190,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 2400 and IC 2405 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on February 14, 1896 .