IC 496

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Galaxy
IC 496
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IC 2229 & IC 496 [1]
IC 2229 & IC 496
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 09 m 44.1 s
declination + 25 ° 52 ′ 54 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sb  
Brightness  (visual) 15.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 108 °
Surface brightness 14.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.025652 ± 0.000093  
Radial velocity 7690 ± 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(341 ± 24)  ·  10 6  ly
(104.5 ± 7.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date March 2, 1892
Catalog names
IC  496 • PGC  93095 • CGCG  118-066 N01 • 119-001 N01 • MCG  + 04-19-028 N01 • 2MASX  J08094417 + 2552542 • SDSS J080944.15 + 255253.7 • KPG 155B

IC 496 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 341 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years across. Together with IC 2229 , it forms the gravitationally bound galaxy pair KPG 155 .
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2535 , NGC 2536 , NGC 2540 , IC 2230 .

The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 2, 1892 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : IC 496
  4. ↑ Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0496” overwrites the previously used key “IC0496”.