IC 2414
| Galaxy IC 2414 |
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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 49 m 50.1 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 47 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014536 ± 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 4358 ± 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(190 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.4 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 13, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2414 • PGC 24811 • CGCG 090-020 • 2MASX J08495011 + 1847324 • | |
IC 2414 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 190 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 15,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2672 , NGC 2673 , NGC 2677 , NGC 2667 , among others .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 13, 1901 .