IC 495
| Galaxy IC 495 |
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| SDSS image from IC 495 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 08 m 19.4 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 00 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.052660 ± 0.000183 |
| Radial velocity | (15787 ± 55) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(700 ± 49) · 10 6 ly (214.6 ± 15.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 495 • PGC 22841 • CGCG 059-047 • 2MASX J08081938 + 0900499 • | |
IC 495 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Cancer. It is estimated to be 700 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 9, 1893 .