IC 2468
| Galaxy IC 2468 |
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| IC 2468 & IC 2467 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 25 m 01.5 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 20 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 × 0.4 |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027072 ± 0.000160 |
| Radial velocity | 8116 ± 48 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(362 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (111.0 ± 7.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 1, 1900 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2468 • PGC 26691 • MCG + 07-20-007 • 2MASX J09250150 + 3820389 • GALEX ASC J092501.62 + 382039.2 • 2MASS J09250149 + 3820385 | |
IC 2468 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 362 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly. Together with IC 2467 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 1, 1900 .