IC 2409
| Galaxy IC 2409 |
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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 24.6 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 19 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021111 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 6329 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(279 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.4 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 13, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2409 • UGC 4608 • PGC 24748 • CGCG 090-015 • MCG + 03-23-008 • IRAS 08455 + 1830 • 2MASX J08482467 + 1819518 • GALEX ASC J084824.62 + 181953.1 | |
IC 2409 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 279 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2667 , IC 2398 , IC 2406 , IC 2414 .
The type IIP supernova SN 2007aq was observed here.
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 13, 1901 .