IC 2406
| Galaxy IC 2406 |
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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 48 m 04.6 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 42 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 173 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015577 ± 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | 4670 ± 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(205 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.7 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 13, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2406 • UGC 4606 • PGC 24721 • CGCG 090-011 • MCG + 03-23-005 • IRAS 08452 + 1753 • 2MASX J08480462 + 1742089 • GALEX ASC J084804.67 + 174208.5 | |
IC 2406 is a lenticular radio galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 205 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 2398 , IC 2407 , IC 2409 , IC 2418 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 13, 1901 .