IC 2404
| Galaxy IC 2404 |
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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 48 m 10.4 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 29 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 x 0.3 |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026742 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 8017 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(356 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (109.1 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 2, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2404 • PGC 24725 • CGCG 150-034 • 2MASX J08481050 + 2929288 • GALEX ASC J084810.40 + 292929.8 | |
IC 2404 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 356 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 2, 1896 .