IC 2493
| Galaxy IC 2493 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 36 m 17.5 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 21 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.3 |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020648 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 6190 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(276 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (84.6 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 14, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2493 • PGC 27322 • CGCG 181-065 • MCG + 06-21-56 • 2MASX J09361758 + 3721502 • GALEX ASC J093617.51 + 372151.1 • NSA 50694 | |
IC 2493 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Little Leo the northern sky . It is an estimated 276 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 2922 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 14, 1903 .