IC 2542
| Galaxy IC 2542 |
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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 | 10 h 07 m 50.5 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 18 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.020384 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 6111 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(272 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (83.4 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | May 12, 1896 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 2542 • PGC 29453 • CGCG 182-076 • MCG + 06-22-076 • IRAS 10048 + 3433 • KUG 1004 + 345 • 2MASX J10075047 + 3418548 • SDSS J100750.53 + 341855.0 • KIG 399 • SIG 2332 • 2MIG 1391 | |
IC 2542 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 272 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 2544 .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on May 12, 1896 .