IC 2443
| Galaxy IC 2443 |
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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 | 09 h 11 m 30.9 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 49 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 'x 0.6' |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033910 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 10,166 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(452 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (138.5 ± 9.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2443 • PGC 25908 • CGCG 151-019 • 2MASX J09113086 + 2849359 • GALEX ASC J091130.91 + 284936.6 • SDSS J091130.89 + 284935.7 • NSA 84691 | |
IC 2443 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 452 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 2446 .
The object was discovered on April 8, 1896 by Stéphane Javelle .