IC2428 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , IC2428 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:34 (PDT) – 3 hours and 59 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 32° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:34.

Name IC2428
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:09h03m [2]
Declination:+30°35' [2]
Constellation:Cancer
Magnitude:14.60 (B) [2]
11.73 (J) [2]
11.08 (H) [2]
10.76 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sc
Distance:69.5 Mpc
226.6 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-19.61

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