IC 2450
| Galaxy IC 2450 |
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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 17 m 05.3 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 25 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a? / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.50 x 0.8 |
| Position angle | 157 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005484 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 1644 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.6 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 9, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2450 • UGC 4902 • PGC 26.218 • CGCG 121-049 • MCG + 04-22-029 • IRAS 09141 + 2538 • 2MASX J09170531 + 2525451 • GALEX ASC J091705.23 + 252544.9 | |
IC 2450 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 70 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 2824 .
The object was discovered on April 9, 1896 by Stéphane Javelle .