IC 2486
| Galaxy IC 2486 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 30 m 17.4 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 38 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15 likes |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 129 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.045828 ± 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 13,739 ± 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(611 ± 43) · 10 6 Lj (187.4 ± 13.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 16, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2486 • UGC 5062 • PGC 26982 • CGCG 152-020 • MCG + 05-23-006 • IRAS F09273 + 2651 • 2MASX J09301740 + 2638279 • GALEX ASC J093017.44 + 263827.7 | |
IC 2486 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 611 million light years from the Milky Way and about 160,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 16, 1903 .