IC2402 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , IC2402 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:55 (EDT), 63° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:00, 79° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:53, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
IC2402
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 08h47m [2] |
| Declination: | +31°47' [2] |
| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Magnitude: | 15.40 (B) [2] 11.76 (J) [2] 10.97 (H) [2] 10.59 (K) [2] |
| Hubble type: | S0-a |
| Distance: | 316.0 Mpc 1030.2 Mlyr [1] |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -22.10 |