IC 2407
| Galaxy IC 2407 |
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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 09.1 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 36 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 86 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020594 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 6174 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(272 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (83.3 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 13, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2407 • UGC 4607 • PGC 24726 • CGCG 090-012 • 2MASX J08480916 + 1736409 • GALEX ASC J084809.04 + 173641.8 | |
IC 2407 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 272 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 2392 , IC 2398 , IC 2406 , IC 2418 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 13, 1901 .