IC 490

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Galaxy
IC 490
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 03 m 20.1 s
declination + 25 ° 59 ′ 47 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SABbc (r)  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 90 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.059522 ± 0.000153  
Radial velocity (17844 ± 46) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(795 ± 56)  ·  10 6  ly
(243.6 ± 17.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Rudolf Spitaler
Discovery date February 8, 1891
Catalog names
IC  490 • PGC  22607 • CGCG  118-055 • 2MASX  J08032012 + 2548411 •

IC 490 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 795 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Rudolf Spitaler on February 8, 1891 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 490
  3. Seligman