IC 2423
| Galaxy IC 2423 |
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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 47.1 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 13 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 x 0.8 |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030354 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 9100 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(403 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (123.5 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 6, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2001 • UGC 4667 • PGC 25021 • MCG + 03-23-017 • 2MASX J08544709 + 2013125 • GALEX ASC J085447.08 + 201313.7 | |
IC 2423 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 403 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 2422 .
The object was discovered on April 6, 1896 by Stéphane Javelle .