IC Objects: IC 2300

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(IC 2250 - 2299) <— IC Objects: IC 2300 - 2349 —> (IC 2350 - 2399)
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Page last updated May 18, 2011
WORKING: Add positions/physical data (per Steinicke)

IC 2300
Recorded (Feb 13, 1901) by Max Wolf (1-65)
A 15th-magnitude star in Cancer (RA 08 20 12.7, Dec +18 25 12)
Like many of Wolf's fainter "nebulae", a stellar object misidentified as a nebula
Wikisky image of region near IC 2300 and IC 2301

Wikisky image of region near IC 2300 and IC 2301

Above, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on IC 2300; also shown is IC 2301
The stars to the left of each label are the IC "objects"

IC 2301
Recorded (Feb 13, 1901) by Max Wolf (1-66)
A 15th-magnitude star in Cancer (RA 08 20 13.9, Dec +18 26 04)
Like many of Wolf's fainter "nebulae", a stellar object misidentified as a nebula
Very close to IC 2300, which see for an image

IC 2302
Recorded (Feb 13, 1901) by Max Wolf (1-67)
A 16th-magnitude star in Cancer (RA 08 20 17.3, Dec +19 21 24)
Like many of Wolf's fainter "nebulae", a stellar object misidentified as a nebula
Wikisky image of region near IC 2302, also showing IC 2303

Wikisky image of region near IC 2302, also showing IC 2303

Above, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on IC 2302; also shown is IC 2303
The star above each label is the IC "object"

IC 2303
Recorded (Feb 13, 1901) by Max Wolf (1-68)
A 16th-magnitude star in Cancer (RA 08 20 19.4, Dec +19 25 09)
Like many of Wolf's fainter "nebulae", a stellar object misidentified as a nebula
Fairly close to IC 2302, which see for an image

IC 2304
Recorded (Feb 13, 1901) by Max Wolf (1-69)
A pair of stars (15th and 17th magnitudes) in Cancer (RA 08 20 35.8, Dec +19 26 22)
Like many of Wolf's fainter "nebulae", a stellar object misidentified as a nebula
Near IC 2307, which see for an image

IC 2305
Recorded (Feb 13, 1901) by Max Wolf (1-70)
A 13th-magnitude star in Cancer (RA 08 20 40.2, Dec +19 27 10)
Like many of Wolf's fainter "nebulae", a stellar object misidentified as a nebula
Near IC 2307, which see for an image

IC 2306
Recorded (Feb 13, 1901) by Max Wolf (1-71)
A 16th-magnitude star in Cancer (RA 08 20 39.5, Dec +19 06 36)
Like many of Wolf's fainter "nebulae", a stellar object misidentified as a nebula
Wikisky image of region near IC 2306

Above, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on IC 2306

IC 2307 (= PGC 23417)
Discovered (Feb 13, 1901) by Max Wolf (1-72)
A 15th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S?) in Cancer (RA 08 20 42.9, Dec +19 26 27)

Based on its recessional velocity of 12,940 km/sec, nearly 600 million light years away. Given that and its apparent size of 0.8 by 0.3 arcmins, about 140 thousand light years across.

Above, a 2.4 arcmin wide closeup of IC 2307
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxy; also shown are stellar objects IC 2304 and 2305
(IC 2305 is the star below its label, and IC 2304 is the double star to the left of the label)
SDSS image of IC 2304, 2305, and 2307