IC 501
| Galaxy IC 501 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 18 m 47.6 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 32 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa / E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.2 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025117 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | (7530 ± 22) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(333 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.2 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1892 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 501 • PGC 23305 • CGCG 119-042 • 2MASX J08184761 + 2432146 • | |
IC 501 is a galaxy of Hubble type S / E? in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 333 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on March 18, 1892 .