IC 2405
| Galaxy IC 2405 |
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| IC 2405 with LEDA 2095666 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 48 m 42.7 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 13 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025792 ± 0.000065 |
| Radial velocity | 7732 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(344 ± 24) · 10 6 ly (105.6 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 2, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2405 • PGC 24766 • CGCG 180-011 • MCG + 06-20-006 • IRAS 08455 + 3724 • KUG 0845 + 374 • 2MASX J08484272 + 3713068 • GALEX ASC J084842.85 + 371306.6 | |
IC 2405 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 344 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2668 , IC 2400 , IC 2401 , among others .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 2, 1896 .