IC 2421
| Galaxy IC 2421 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 08 h 54 m 21.6 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 40 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 147 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014617 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 4382 ± 4 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(194 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.5 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 6, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2421 • UGC 04658 • PGC 024996 • CGCG 180-019 • MCG + 06-20-013 • IRAS F08512 + 3252 • KUG 0851 + 328A • 2MASX J08542159 + 3240511 • HOLM 101A | |
IC 2421 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 194 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 115,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 2683 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 6, 1896 .