IC 497

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Galaxy
IC 497
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IC 497 with LEDA 22921 [1] (lu)
IC 497 with LEDA 22921 (lu)
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 10 m 06.1 s
declination + 24 ° 55 ′ 19 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sa / LLIRG  
Brightness  (visual) 14.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 0 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 174-001  
Redshift 0.013906 ± 0.000006  
Radial velocity 4169 ± 2 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(183 ± 13)  ·  10 6  ly
(56.2 ± 3.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date March 2, 1892
Catalog names
IC  497 • PGC  22918 • CGCG  118-067 • 119-002 • MCG  + 04-20-001 • IRAS  08070 + 2503 • 2MASX  J08100603 + 2455194 • GALEX ASC J081006.04 + 245519.0

IC 497 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 183 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2535 , NGC 2536 , IC 493 , 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 e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : IC 497
  4. ↑ Seligman

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0497” overwrites the previously used key “IC0497”.