NGC 2446
| Galaxy NGC 2446 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 48 m 39.2 s |
| declination | + 54 ° 36 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.90 x 1.0 |
| Position angle | 124 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018906 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 5668 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(256 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.4 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 10, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2446 • UGC 4027 • PGC 21860 • MCG + 09-13-058 • IRAS 07446 + 5444 • 2MASX J07483926 + 5436430 • GC 1570 • h 465 • LDCE 0537 NED001 | |
NGC 2446 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is an estimated 256 million light years from the Milky Way and about 145,000 light years in diameter.
The Type Ia supernova SN 2014ak was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 10, 1831 .