IC 2445
| Galaxy IC 2445 |
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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 13 m 12.6 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 48 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 'x 0.5' |
| Position angle | 16 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006565 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 1968 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(86 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.4 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2445 • UGC 4854 • PGC 25985 • CGCG 151-024 • MCG + 05-22-013 • 2MASX J09131272 + 3148334 • ASK 366076.0 • NSA 157098 | |
IC 2445 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 86 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light-years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 2824 .
The object was discovered on April 10, 1896 by Stéphane Javelle .