IC 492
| Galaxy IC 492 |
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| SDSS image from IC 492 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 05 m 38.6 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 10 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) bc: / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 138 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017195 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (5155 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(228 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (69.8 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Barnard |
| Discovery date | February 5, 1891 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 492 • UGC 4212 • PGC 22724 • CGCG 118-059 • MCG + 04-19-024 • 2MASX J08053868 + 2610058 • | |
IC 492 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 228 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard on February 5, 1891 .