| IC 2233 | |
| Credit: | ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Luca Limatola |
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Constellation Name: | Lynx |
| Ra: | [1] |
| Z: | 0.001868 |
| H Radial V: | 559 km/s |
| Dist Ly: | 40 million light-years[2] |
| Type: | Sd D |
| Appmag V: | 12.63 |
| Names: | 2MASX J08135890+4544317, SDSS J081358.76+454441.8, Z 236-36, FGC 730, 2MASXI J0813589+454434, SHOC 192, Z 0810.4+4554, IRAS F08104+4553, MCG+08-15-052, TC 702, [M98c] 081027.6+455350, LCSB L334, 2MFGC 6519, UGC 4278, LEDA 23071, RFGC 1340, UZC J081358.9+454434 |
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.[3] This galaxy was discovered by British astronomer Isaac Roberts in 1894.