IC 3222
| Galaxy IC 3222 |
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![IC 3222 with LEDA 213982, LEDA 213980 (lu) & LEDA 213981 (ru) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:IC3222_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| IC 3222 with LEDA 213982 , LEDA 213980 (lu) & LEDA 213981 (ru) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 22 m 19.5 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 49 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBc / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 'x 0.6' |
| Position angle | 17 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.065355 ± 0.000109 |
| Radial velocity | 19,593 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(875 ± 61) · 10 6 ly (268.4 ± 18.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1903 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 3222 • UGC 7437 • PGC 40065 • MCG + 05-29-073 • IRAS 12198 + 2906 • 2MASX J12221942 + 2849541 • GALEX ASC J122219.35 + 284953.3 | |
IC 3222 is a barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type SBc in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 875 million light years from the Milky Way and about 235,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4310 , NGC 4311 , IC 3237 , IC 3247 .
The object was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903 .