IC 2496
| Galaxy IC 2496 |
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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 38 m 44.5 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 43 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 x 0.3 |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.041345 ± 0.000085 |
| Radial velocity | 12,395 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(553 ± 39) · 10 6 ly (169.4 ± 11.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 14, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2496 • PGC 27499 • CGCG 181-073 • IRAS 09357 + 3457 • 2MASX J09384453 + 3443361 • | |
IC 2496 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Leo Minor at the northern sky , an estimated 553 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered on May 14, 1903 by Stéphane Javelle .