IC 502
| Galaxy IC 502 |
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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 22 m 03.6 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 45 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.013993 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 4195 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(182 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (55.7 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1893 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 502 • PGC 23469 • CGCG 060-002 • 2MASX J08220358 + 0845096 • GALEX ASC J082203.59 + 084509.1 • SIG 2801 | |
IC 502 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy from the Hubble type E in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 182 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Stéphane Javelle on April 12, 1893 .