IC 2442
| Galaxy IC 2442 |
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| LEDA 1676994 , IC 2442, LEDA 3442463 , IC 2441 (from left) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 10 m 05.2 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 50 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 x 0.5 |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037102 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 11,123 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(493 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (151.3 ± 10.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 22, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2442 • PGC 25843 • CGCG 121-031 • MCG + 04-22-021 • 2MASX J09100520 + 2250177 • | |
IC 2442 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc? in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 493 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 ly in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is the merging galaxy IC 2441 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 22, 1896 .