Irregular galaxy · Cancer
IC 2431 NED02 Browning
mag 14.036″ across
About
IC 2431 NED02 (Browning) is an irregular galaxy of magnitude 14.0 in Cancer, about 36″ across.
How to find it
- IC 2431 NED02 is in the constellation Cancer.
- Best evenings: around late March it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
- Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from north of 65° S.
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What you will see
- EyesNot visible to the naked eye.
- Binoculars (10×50)Too faint for binoculars.
- Telescope (6–8 inch)Very hard or out of reach: it needs a dark sky and a larger telescope, or a camera.
For a dark country sky with no Moon. From a city, faint galaxies and nebulae can disappear completely.
Facts
| Designations | IC 2431 NED02, PGC 25476 |
|---|---|
| Type | Irregular galaxy (I) |
| Magnitude | 14.0The smaller the number, the brighter. |
| Apparent size | 36″ × 30″position angle 32°; the full Moon is 31′ across |
| Surface brightness | 22.1 mag/arcsec²Average over its disc, in the blue band: the lower the number, the easier it is to see. |
| Constellation | Cancer |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 09h 04m 34.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +14° 35′ 45″ |
Sources and credits
Catalog data: OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0, and d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn, BSD 3-Clause. All data sources →