IC 2426
| Galaxy IC 2426 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 58 m 30.5 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 55 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 111 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013023 ± 0.000158 |
| Radial velocity | 3904 ± 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(168 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.5 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2426 • PGC 25208 • CGCG 033-033 • MCG + 01-23-014 • 2MASX J08583049 + 0255314 • GALEX ASC J085830.58 + 025530.8 | |
IC 2426 is a lenticular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 168 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 20,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2713 , NGC 2716 , NGC 2723 , among others .
The object was discovered on March 23, 1900 by Stéphane Javelle .