Right ascension 08 13 58.77 Redshift 0.001868 Type Sd D Magnitude 12.63 Apparent magnitude (V) 12.63 | Declination +45° 44′ 41.9″ Helio radial velocity 559 km/s Distance 3.78421136 × 10^23 m Constellation Lynx | |
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Similar NGC 2537, NGC 5023, NGC 2541, NGC 2500, NGC 2683 | ||
IC 2233, also known as UGC 4278, is a spiral galaxy lying in the constellation of Lynx. IC 2233 is located between 26 and 40 million light-years away from Earth. A comparatively quiet galaxy with a low rate of star formation (less than one solar mass every twenty years), it was long thought to be possibly interacting with the Bear's Paw galaxy. However, this is now considered highly unlikely as radio observations with the Very Large Array showed the two galaxies lie at different distances. This galaxy was discovered by British astronomer Isaac Roberts in 1894.
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