IC 2418
| Galaxy IC 2418 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 51 m 25.1 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 56 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.20 x 0.2 |
| Surface brightness | 11.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.046549 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 13,955 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(619 ± 43) · 10 6 Lj (189.9 ± 13.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | January 13, 1901 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2418 • 2MASX J08512508 + 1756423 • | |
IC 2418 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc? in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 619 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 2406 , IC 2407 , IC 2409 , IC 2414 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on January 13, 1901 .