IC 2487
| Galaxy IC 2487 |
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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 09.1 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 05 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 'x 0.4' |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.014473 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 4339 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(190 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.3 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 26, 1897 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2487 • UGC 5059 • PGC 26966 • CGCG 091-098 • MCG + 03-24-061 • IRAS 09273 + 2018 • 2MASX J09300918 + 2005272 • GALEX ASC J093009.22 + 200528.1 • LDCE 0651 NED001 | |
IC 2487 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb: in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 190 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 26, 1897 .