IC 2432
| Galaxy IC 2432 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 04 m 39.5 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 30 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 x 0.2 |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033360 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 10,001 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(441 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (135.1 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2432 • PGC 25479 • CGCG 033-056 • 2MASX J09043951 + 0530433 • GALEX ASC J090439.50 + 053044.7 | |
IC 2432 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type Sab in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 441 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on March 23, 1900 by Stéphane Javelle .