IC 2456
| Galaxy IC 2456 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 17 m 24.2 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 40 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 + |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.3 |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023563 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 7064 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(314 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (96.4 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 25, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2456 • PGC 3088630 • 2MASX J09172428 + 3440282 • NVSS J091313 + 314847 • NSA 157098 | |
IC 2456 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 314 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2793 , NGC 2823 , IC 2459 , IC 2460 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 25, 1903 .