IC 2422
| Galaxy IC 2422 |
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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 54 m 21.3 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 13 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 x 0.5 |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031315 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 9388 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(416 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (127.4 ± 8.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 6, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2422 • PGC 024998 • CGCG 090-034 • MCG + 03-23-016 • 2MASX J08542435 + 2013285 • | |
IC 2422 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 416 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 2423 .
The property was built on April 6, 1896 by Stéphane Javelle .