IC 2418
Galaxy IC 2418 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | cancer |
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 |
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 .